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A belt created in collaboration with an archaeologist, as part of a larger set of bronze-cast objects. This object was created by copying an original buckle, which comes from the end of the High Middle Ages, from a private find from the area of Ostrava in the Czech Republic. Decorated with feather lobes, massive and robust. Cast in a double mold and with lost wax method. Both sides of the buckle are nicely articulated. After casting, it was polished to a high gloss with a rotating wire wheel. The leather belt itself is 3 mm thick, high-quality cow leather, treated with a cream based on beeswax. It also has a safety loop so that it does not slip out of the trousers when switched on. It is an extremely versatile and timeless design, suitable for everyday wear, but it is great for medieval, pirate cosplay, renaissance fair, or any clothing combination that uses such an eccentric and massive piece with a very dominant solitary aesthetic function. Suitable for men's and women's costumes and clothing. Overall lenght: 120 cm Buckle lenght: 11 cm Buckle Height: 6 cm Belt Height: 3.5 cm Leather Thickness: 3mm
Ever since Queen Victoria wed in 1840, however, white has remained the traditional color for wedding gowns and bouquets. A woman then used her dress for Court Presentation after marriage, usually with a different bodice. The early Victorian wedding dress had a fitted bodice, small waist, and full skirt (over hoops and petticoats.) It was made of organdy, tulle, lace, gauze, silk, linen or cashmere. The veil was a fine gauze, sheer cotton or lace. Formal weddings during this period were all white, including the bridesmaid's dresses and veils. Veils were attached to a coronet of flowers, usually orange blossoms for the bride and roses or other in-season flowers for the attendants. For the mid-Victorian bride (1870s) there was an emergence of middle class wealth, and with it a display of their new riches. Wedding gowns fashioned by Worth in Paris were the ultimate status symbol. And if one couldn't afford an original, one copied them. Full court trains were now part of the wedding ensemble, as were long veils, a bustle, elegant details and two bodices--a modest one for the wedding and a low one for special occasions. The late Victorians (1890s) saw the bustle disappear, a demi-train and large sleeves now in fashion. If the bride married in church, the dress must have a train, with a veil of the same length. The veil could be lace or silk tulle. From the mid-Victorian era to the 1890s, the veil covered the bride's face and was not lifted until after church. The veil was not used as a shawl after the wedding any more, however. White kid gloves were long enough to tuck under the sleeves, and had a slit in one finger to slip the ring on without removing the glove. Slippers were of white kid, satin or brocade and the heels rose to one inch. For the widow who remarried in the early and mid-Victorian eras, she did not wear white, had no bridesmaids, no veil and no orange blossoms, (a sign of purity.) She usually wore a pearl or lavender satin gown trimmed with ostrich feathers. In the later decades, she was allowed attendants as well as pages, but no veil or orange blossoms. She could wear a shade or two away from white, preferring rose, salmon, ivory or violet. (via) 1850s bride 1850s 1878 A beautiful bride on her wedding day, ca. 1880s A German bride, 1862 An Italian bride, Rome, 1875 An Victorian bride looking radiantly lovely in her elegant, feminine white dress, ca. 1850s Baroness Christine von Linden on her wedding day, May 13, 1898 Beautiful bride in the 1880s Bride in 1885 Bride in exquisite French wedding dress, 1877 Bride in the 1860s Bride in the late 1860s Bride, ca. 1860s-70s Florence Folger married William A. Webster in 1887 Harriet Louisa Thorne on her wedding day in 1882 Lady in beautiful wedding dress in the 1890s Luise Margaret of Prussia's wedding in 1879 Maria Feodorovna in her wedding day, ca. 1960s New Orleans Bride, 1888 Portrait of a bride in 1890 Princess Alice married Ludwig of Hesse in July 1862 Princess Louise on her wedding day in 1871 Wedding of Princess Mary of Teck in 1893 Wedding portrait of Annie Chinery Cameron, 18 November 1869 Young bride in 1874 Young lady poses in her wedding dress, 1885
A belt created in collaboration with an archaeologist, as part of a larger set of bronze-cast objects. This object was created by copying an original buckle, which comes from the end of the High Middle Ages, from a private find from the area of Ostrava in the Czech Republic. Decorated with feather lobes, massive and robust. Cast in a double mold and with lost wax method. Both sides of the buckle are nicely articulated. After casting, it was polished to a high gloss with a rotating wire wheel. The leather belt itself is 3 mm thick, high-quality cow leather, treated with a cream based on beeswax. It also has a safety loop so that it does not slip out of the trousers when switched on. It is an extremely versatile and timeless design, suitable for everyday wear, but it is great for medieval, pirate cosplay, renaissance fair, or any clothing combination that uses such an eccentric and massive piece with a very dominant solitary aesthetic function. Suitable for men's and women's costumes and clothing. Overall lenght: 120 cm Buckle lenght: 11 cm Buckle Height: 6 cm Belt Height: 3.5 cm Leather Thickness: 3mm
A belt created in collaboration with an archaeologist, as part of a larger set of bronze-cast objects. This object was created by copying an original buckle, which comes from the end of the High Middle Ages, from a private find from the area of Ostrava in the Czech Republic. Decorated with feather lobes, massive and robust. Cast in a double mold and with lost wax method. Both sides of the buckle are nicely articulated. After casting, it was polished to a high gloss with a rotating wire wheel. The leather belt itself is 3 mm thick, high-quality cow leather, treated with a cream based on beeswax. It also has a safety loop so that it does not slip out of the trousers when switched on. It is an extremely versatile and timeless design, suitable for everyday wear, but it is great for medieval, pirate cosplay, renaissance fair, or any clothing combination that uses such an eccentric and massive piece with a very dominant solitary aesthetic function. Suitable for men's and women's costumes and clothing. Overall lenght: 120 cm Buckle lenght: 11 cm Buckle Height: 6 cm Belt Height: 3.5 cm Leather Thickness: 3mm
I lived in England from September 2007 to September 2008-one of the best experiences of my life. During the spring and summer of 2008, I was in a constant battle of distraction from writing my Mas…
A belt created in collaboration with an archaeologist, as part of a larger set of bronze-cast objects. This object was created by copying an original buckle, which comes from the end of the High Middle Ages, from a private find from the area of Ostrava in the Czech Republic. Decorated with feather lobes, massive and robust. Cast in a double mold and with lost wax method. Both sides of the buckle are nicely articulated. After casting, it was polished to a high gloss with a rotating wire wheel. The leather belt itself is 3 mm thick, high-quality cow leather, treated with a cream based on beeswax. It also has a safety loop so that it does not slip out of the trousers when switched on. It is an extremely versatile and timeless design, suitable for everyday wear, but it is great for medieval, pirate cosplay, renaissance fair, or any clothing combination that uses such an eccentric and massive piece with a very dominant solitary aesthetic function. Suitable for men's and women's costumes and clothing. Overall lenght: 120 cm Buckle lenght: 11 cm Buckle Height: 6 cm Belt Height: 3.5 cm Leather Thickness: 3mm
In the late 19th century, shortly after the patent of the telephone, the race was on to connect everyone to the phone grid. However, due to technical limitations of the earliest phone lines, every telephone required its own physical line strung between a house or business to a phone exchange where the call was manually connected by a live operator. The somewhat quixotic result of so many individual lines was the construction of elaborate and unsightly towers that carried hundreds to thousands of phone lines through the air. More
1914 newlyweds
Норман Паркинсон (Norman Parkinson) был неисправимым романтиком. Он твердо верил, что фотография не является искусством. Он советовал молодым фотографам "делать свои снимки так, чтобы они были полны радости, солнечного света, излучали счастье и выглядели соблазнительно". Хотя из такой…
William Stanley Moore – Photograph by The Sydney Justice & Police Museum The Sifter recently stumbled upon an incredible collection of vintage mugshots housed by the Histori…
William Stanley Moore – Photograph by The Sydney Justice & Police Museum The Sifter recently stumbled upon an incredible collection of vintage mugshots housed by the Histori…
William Stanley Moore – Photograph by The Sydney Justice & Police Museum The Sifter recently stumbled upon an incredible collection of vintage mugshots housed by the Histori…
A belt created in collaboration with an archaeologist, as part of a larger set of bronze-cast objects. This object was created by copying an original buckle, which comes from the end of the High Middle Ages, from a private find from the area of Ostrava in the Czech Republic. Decorated with feather lobes, massive and robust. Cast in a double mold and with lost wax method. Both sides of the buckle are nicely articulated. After casting, it was polished to a high gloss with a rotating wire wheel. The leather belt itself is 3 mm thick, high-quality cow leather, treated with a cream based on beeswax. It also has a safety loop so that it does not slip out of the trousers when switched on. It is an extremely versatile and timeless design, suitable for everyday wear, but it is great for medieval, pirate cosplay, renaissance fair, or any clothing combination that uses such an eccentric and massive piece with a very dominant solitary aesthetic function. Suitable for men's and women's costumes and clothing. Overall lenght: 120 cm Buckle lenght: 11 cm Buckle Height: 6 cm Belt Height: 3.5 cm Leather Thickness: 3mm
A belt created in collaboration with an archaeologist, as part of a larger set of bronze-cast objects. This object was created by copying an original buckle, which comes from the end of the High Middle Ages, from a private find from the area of Ostrava in the Czech Republic. Decorated with feather lobes, massive and robust. Cast in a double mold and with lost wax method. Both sides of the buckle are nicely articulated. After casting, it was polished to a high gloss with a rotating wire wheel. The leather belt itself is 3 mm thick, high-quality cow leather, treated with a cream based on beeswax. It also has a safety loop so that it does not slip out of the trousers when switched on. It is an extremely versatile and timeless design, suitable for everyday wear, but it is great for medieval, pirate cosplay, renaissance fair, or any clothing combination that uses such an eccentric and massive piece with a very dominant solitary aesthetic function. Suitable for men's and women's costumes and clothing. Overall lenght: 120 cm Buckle lenght: 11 cm Buckle Height: 6 cm Belt Height: 3.5 cm Leather Thickness: 3mm
Recently a group of us went into our manuscripts store to have a look at some medieval genealogical rolls. We were examining Royal MS 14 B V, an English roll from the last part of the 13th century that contains quite a lot of marginalia, when one of our post-medieval...
