Banquet Journal

alpine flowers

maisons de vacances

    since it is technically the last day of summer vacation, i thought i would post these images from a thrifted copy of hachette's la décoration: maisons de vacance. what i find most remarkable a...

the lore of ships

folk costumes of the poznan

new favourite time waster: books on ebay....

frederick w. glasier

   fantastic images from this book, found via here.

ode to marcel marceau

   from kay hamblin's mime: a playbook of silent fantasy  

andre varagnac's national costumes

the optimist creed

also happened upon in the murky depths of the hard drive was this, written by christian larson in 1912: The Optimist CreedPromise YourselfTo be so strong that nothing can disturb your peace of min...

olle eksell

my olle eksell book is making me so happy -  every time i open it something else catches my eye. and lena corwin has culled some lovely images from fall fashion week here. i've also been e...

feodor rojankovsky

I love Feodor Rojanovsky's sweetly folkloric illustrations - I have a beautiful bestiary of his work I'll post soon... The cover of this book reminds me a little of  Marimekko's Kanteleen kuts...