They are soooooo lovely

A single, soft, pink Cherry blossom looking like an inviting cushion to sink into.

Dream a little dream of me

“The contemplation of beauty causes the soul to grow wings.”

(Plato, attr.)

🎨 “Contemplation” (1847) - Franz Xaver Winterhalter, #BOTD 1805

"I had, by cross-ways and by-paths, once more drawn near the tract of moorland;"

("Jane Eyre: An Autobiography", 1847)

Charlotte Brontë was born #OTD 1816

🎨 Edward A. Wilson (1944)

#booksky #bookillustration

A bunch of blossoms on an apple-tree

#bloomscrolling

#Ootd is similar to yesterday's in that it is from the Regency Era and features a empire waist. However, it's from later in the decade, most likely between 1815-1825, as the puffed sleeves and the trimmings on the hem suggest it is from the Romantic period. #Fashionhistory

Tall rectangular porcelain plaque in pale grey with a representation of a white scoreboard, edged in gold, with two columns of numbers flanking little holes for pegs in a looped decorative border, a billiard cue in the central panel. On top of the scoreboard there are pale yellow and mauve billiard balls and festoons of multicoloured flowers in a similar colour palette; more billiard balls at the base

Scoreboard for billiards (Sèvres, 1786), Versailles #c18 #c18th #18thc

Broc à eau et jatte Manufacture royale de Sèvres (1753-?) (fabricant) 1756 Inv. N° GR 228 INSCRIPTIONS marque peinte, au revers Présence de la marque de la manufacture uniquement sous la jatte. pas de marques en creux. : en or, doubles L entrelacés, au centre lettre-date D [1756] sous la lettre-date un point marque peinte, au revers en lettres cursives dorées, Grandjean MEASUREMENTS H. cm : broc : 19,1 L. cm : broc : 14,6 l. cm : broc : 8,4 H. cm : jatte : 6,9 L. cm : jatte : 29,4 l. cm : jatte : 22 MATERIALS AND TECHNIQUES porcelaine tendre, décor peint polychrome, rehauts de dorure ACQUISITION/DEPOSIT Paris, musée des Arts décoratifs, collection Grandjean, 1923 BIBLIOGRAPHY - Vincennes and Sèvres porcelain: catalogue of the collections (Adrian Sassoon) ? , p. 27 - Le Petit journal des grandes expositions 52 (14 octobre 1977 - 16 janvier 1978): porcelaines de Vincennes, les origines de Sèvres ? , n° 143 p. 72 et repr. - Die Entwicklung eines neuen Stils im Porzellan/57, pl. XI p.78

Aiguière et son bassin aux armes de Bragance Germain, François-Thomas (1726-1794) (orfèvre) 1756/1758 Inv. N° 26873 INSCRIPTIONS inscription gravée, à l'intérieur du pied de l'aiguière et sous le fond du bassin : FAIT PAR F.T. GERMAIN SCULPr ORF DU ROY AUX GALERIES DU LOUVRE A PARIS 1758. inscription gravée, sous l'aiguière : DU N° 64 4 m 7° 3 g inscription gravée, sous le bassin : DU N° 6 m 4° 5 g poinçon de décharge, A l'extérieur du pied : une vache (décharge des ouvrages partant à l'étranger, Paris, date indéterminée-1775) poinçon d'ouvrage importé, A l'extérieur du pied et sur l'anse : un charançon (ouvrage importé des pays contractants, 1864-1893) poinçon de maître, Sur le bassin : F T G, une toison poinçon de maison commune, Sur le bassin : Q couronné (Paris, 1756-1757) poinçon de charge, Sur le bassin : A couronné (Paris, 1756-1762) armoiries déterminées en relief, dans un cartouche rocaille sur la partie inférieure de la panse de l'aiguière, à sa face antérieure : Armoiries de la Maison de Bragance : d'argent à cinq écussons d'azur mis en croix, chargés chacun de cinq besants d'argent posés en sautoir, à la bordure de gueules chargée de sept tours d'or. Ecu sommé de la couronne royale.

A circa 1756 Sèvres green ground ewer and basin in the Musée des Arts Décoratifs, in Paris. Rococo lavishness bordering on science fiction. And a circa 1757 silver version of the same pairing also in the Musée. It was the "bathroom sink" of the time and made of silver and later ceramic. (ALT)

A wildfire and glowing embers in a flower.

A head and shoulders drawing of a woman. She has dark hair which is tied back. She is wearing a dark coloured garment with a white lace collar.

Charlotte Brontë was born #OnThisDay 210 years ago. In June 1850 she visited the Ladies' Gallery of the House of Commons to listen to MPs debating, as featured in our article:
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2 soft pink blossoms of pelargonium glutinosium. The plant was featured in Curtis' Bot. Magazine in 1791.

2 white blossoms with a pink pattern on two petals of Pelargonium crithmifolium. The plant was reported in cultivation in England as early as 1792.

A white-and-violet blossom of pelargonium praemordum. "It was first raised from seeds procured from the Cape by Mr. Quarrell, at the nursery of Mr. Colville, King’s road, Chelsea, where it has been plentifully increased.", writes the Bot. Magazine in 1801.

2 red blossoms of Pelargonium fulgidum, introduced in 1789

These pelargoniums species might have been known to Jane Austen.

Read more about pelargoniums, Jane Austen and her novel Mansfield Park here: regency-explorer.net/pelargonium/

#JaneAusten #MansfieldPark #18thc #18thcentury

And sometimes I have kept my feelings to myself, because I could find no language to describe them in.

Jane Austen

Pride & Prejudice,
'Hand Hold Scene'

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Two dandified young men in Regency fashions have mounted their velocipedes.

The same young men on their velocipedes are panicking because a pair of geese are squawking at them.

One of the young men has fallen into a faint thanks to his terrifying experience with the geese and is being carried on the back of a yokel into a house. Is friend looks on in distress.

The distressed dandy is sitting in his mother's lap being scolded.

I love these 'Dandy's Perambulations' cartoons from 1819. No idea who drew them but they make me chortle.
#dandies #Regency #cartoons #artsky #BookChatWeekly

An impact of the Vagrancy Act of 1824 In June 1824 there was an ever increasing number of homeless and poor in England and Wales which led to the passing of the following Act, The Vagrancy Act.  The Act stated that: Every petty chapman…

From the archives of All Things Georgian, 'An impact of the Vagrancy Act of 1824' - wp.me/p3JTNy-6Zx #MondayBlogs

The image depicts a detail of a female figure, often identified as Flora, the goddess of flowers and spring. Style: It is a masterpiece of Western art, showcasing detailed figures, intricate floral motifs, and a mythic vision of spring. Context: The full painting is a complex allegorical scene featuring various mythological figures from classical antiquity.

a close-up detail from the painting Primavera by the Renaissance artist Sandro Botticelli.

The painting was created between 1477 and 1482.

For #FridayFrills we have this 1770 robe a l'anglaise. The gorgeous checked yellow gown has sweet floral embroidery. I can 100% imagine me wearing this back in the day. 💛 #ootd #Fashionhistory

A brown and cream Speckled wood butterfly on a stem of Blackthorn blossom.

Speckled wood on Blackthorn in Ely last week. #WildWebsWednesday

In the Silence of the Green Garden, 2024. Bat Ella. Acrylic, oil and pigments on canvas.

It‘s cosy

A small metal chandelier with crystal- drop chains, the electric flames covered with small lampshades

One half of a scone, clotted cream first, than strawberry-jam on top

Detail of a slice of chocolate-tarte

Tea in a mug (white with blue flowers)

Tea time + chandelier = happiness

#ChandelierSunday

Painting of different coloured tulips in two glass vases on a grey surface against a white background

Tulips, c. 2000 by Elizabeth Blackadder #WomensArt #April

Regency-style room of a miniature dolls-house. A miniature figure wearing breeches, a white waistcoat and a black coat enters the room from the right side and encounters in the room a miniature figure wearing a white skirt with a green-white-gold braided hem. a green spencer and a white bonnet. A miniature chandelier with electric light-bulbs hangs from the ceiling.

"You must hear me, Miss Bennet!"
#ChandelierSunday

Behold the jewellery of architecture ✨️
#chandeliersunday

Cherry blossom

The lo loveliest of times.
Happy #flowersonsunday 🌸🩷

💎 #lüsterliebe

In der Kirche - Kronleuchter aus Messing mit Kerzen, im Hintergrund eine Kanzel und ein Altar

📍 Kirche Flemhude
#ChandelierSunday
#lüsterliebe

An einer Holzdecke hängt ein mehrarmiger Messingkronleuchter mit Kerzen

📍St. Johannis Kirche Brügge
#ChandelierSunday
#lüsterliebe

Wiesenschaumkraut

#lüsterliebe

#stainedglassSunday