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Evening dress by Lanvin ca.1923 / Evening dress by Lanvin fall/winter 1923-24

When I’m procrastinating hard, one of my favourite things to do (apart from cute animal videos on youtube and falling in to a tumblr browsing blackhole) is to search through museum online archives. This is a collection of stuff I’ve found recently.

Evening dress by Lanvin fall/winter 1923-24

Evening dress by Lanvin ca.1923

Machine embroidered silk thread on silk hat label, Caroline Reboux 1900-1927

Autoperipatetikos (Mechanical or wind up dolls) by Martin & Runyon, 1862

A Garden, Albert Moore, 1869

Silk blouse by House of Lanvin, 1946

Machine embroidered silk label, Jeanne Lanvin, 1900-1920

Wedding dress by Boué Soeurs, 1927

Child’s chafing dish by John Aynsley & Sons Ltd, 1912-1918

Evening dress by House of Lanvin, 1920

Lady Clapham doll and her garters, unknown maker, 1690-1700

Children’s Afternoon at Wargemont (L’après-midi des enfants à Wargemont), Auguste Renoir, 1884

Cotton and silk dress by House of Lanvin, 1922

Cotton and silk dress by House of Lanvin, 1922

Watercolour design for printed cotton by William Kilburn ca. 1788-1792

Silk dress by House of Lanvin, 1922/ Straw and silk hat by House of Lanvin, ca.1985

Hearts are Trumps, Sir John Everett Millais, 1872

Pyjamas by Boué Soeurs, 1928 / Negligée by Boué Soeurs, ca.1929 / Lingerie by Boué Soeurs, 1927

Miniature by Louie Burrell, watercolour on ivory, early 20th century / Miniature by Henry Robert Robertson, watercolour on ivory, ca. 1890-1900

Mrs Carl Meyer and her Children, John Singer Sargent, 1896

Negligée by Boué Soeurs, ca.1929 / Lingerie by Boué Soeurs, 1927

Carved and painted wooden Toy horse, 1850-1910

Court Presentation Dress by Boué Soeurs, 1932-34

Layette pincushion, maker unknown, 1862

Pyjamas by Boué Soeurs, 1928

Miniature by Robertson, Janet S., 1913 / Miniature by N. H., Watercolour on ivory, 1900

The Balcony Room (Das Balkonzimmer), Adolph Menzel, 1845

Evening dress by Boué Soeurs, 1920-25 / Court Presentation Ensemble by Boué Soeurs, 1928

Designs for printed cotton by William Kilburn, watercolour on paper, ca.1788-1792

Massive thanks to the V&A and The Metropolitan Museum of Art for allowing us to see their awesome collections from home and Google Art Project for all their hard work.