Traveling suit, 1905
From the Hillwood Museum
Reception Gown, ca. 1901
Lucile evening dress, 1911, altered 1919
From the Fashion Museum, Bath via the Virtual Museum of Bath
Dress
c. 1916
Jørgine Fjeld Robes & Costumes Christiania
The National Museum of Norway
An unusual and finely tailored tobacco-coloured wool coat
c. 1911
Kerry Taylor Auctions
Dress from the Wardrobe of Maria Feodorovna, c.1900
House of Worth Evening Dress, French, 1898-1900
From the Met Museum
Evening dress 1912
A Collecting Dog J. A. Glendenning Head of Steam – Darlington Railway Museum
Evening Dress
c. 1913-1915
Franklin Simon Co.
Canadian Museum of History
Strawberry and Nettle taken from 'Flowers from Shakespeare's Garden' illustrated by Walter Crane (English, 1845–1915).
Published 1906 by Cassell & Co.
Image and text information courtesy MFA Boston.
Evening Dress
c. 1912-1914
Canadian Museum of History
“Poppies, Harebells and Mayweed, August 1906″
by Edith Holden (1871-1920)
Source: morning-earth.org
Cape. 1912, French.
House of Worth.
Source: Met Museum.
A little over a century ago, the printer T.J. Cobden-Sanderson took it upon himself to surreptitiously dump every piece of this carefully honed metal letterpress type into the river. It was an act of retribution against his business partner, Emery Walker, whom he believed was attempting to swindle him.
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The letterforms only existed as a unique 16pt edition, meaning that when Cobden-Sanderson decided to “bequeath” every single piece of molded lead to the Thames, he effectively destroyed any prospect of the typeface ever being printed again. That might well have been the case, were it not for several individuals and a particularly tenacious graphic designer.
This 1911 book shows that taking photos of cats and furnishing them with an amusing caption was a thing long before the internet… https://t.co/m1cyMSYukQ #InternationalCatDay