Sunday, January 3, 2016

Non Fiction Books Read in 2015

1. Elisabeth Vigee LeBrun by Gita May

2. Oudrey's Painted Menagerie: Portraits of Exotic Animals in 18th Century France Edited by Mary Morton

3. Kimono: A Modern History by Terry Satsuki Milhaupt

4. Findings: The Material Culture of Needlework and Sewing by Mary C Beaudry

5. With Needle and Brush: Schoolgirl Embroidery from the Connecticut River Valley 1740 - 1840 - Carol & Stephen Huber, Susan Pschoelwer, Amy Kurtz Lansing

6. Blustockings Displayed: Portraiture, Performance and Patronage, 1730 - 1830 Edited by Elizabeth Eger

7. A Royal Experiment: The Private Life of King George III by Janice Hadlow

8. The Wicked Waltz and Other Scandalous Dances by Mark Knowles

9. Georgiana: Duchess of Devonshire by Amanda Foreman

10. The Making of the English Gardener by Margaret Willes

11. The Beau Monde by Hannah Greig

12. Policing the Victorian Town by David Taylor

13. Making Modern Japanese Style Painting by Chelsea Foxwell

14. London Clubland by Amy Milne-Smith

15. Charlotte and Leopold by James Chambers

16. Kyoto Gardens by Judith Clancy and Ben Simmons

17. Dirty Old London: The Victorian Fight Against Filth by Lee Jackson

18. The Highly Civilized Man: Richard Burton and the Victorian World by Dane Kennedy

19. Walking Jane Austen's London by Louise Allen

20. Setting the Desert on Fire: T. E. Lawrence and Britain's Secret War in Arabia, 1916 - 1918 by James Barr

Tuesday, December 15, 2015

Tuesday, November 24, 2015

Dancing Couple Earrings

Dancing Couple Earrings

A Regency era couple dances on these earrings. They are made from polymer clay with surgical steel ear wires. The image comes from an early 19th century print. The earrings measure approximately .50" x 1" (17mm x 25mm) not including the ear wires. $8.00.

Saturday, November 21, 2015

Cypress Lawn Cemetery

Some photos of Cypress Lawn a historic cemetery in Colma, California. Flickr gallery here. A couple of my favorites:

Angel Statue
Statue of the archangel Michael. The sword and wings were damaged in the 1906 earthquake.

Lion Statue
 Lion Statue.