But this family heirloom cushion cover from Crete started off its life in a different form around 300 years ago. It was originally an upcycled dress which was handmade for a special occasion, most likely a wedding.
🦌 EA2004.6
But this family heirloom cushion cover from Crete started off its life in a different form around 300 years ago. It was originally an upcycled dress which was handmade for a special occasion, most likely a wedding.
🦌 EA2004.6
Today’s Advent treat is this brightly-coloured cushion cover or wall hanging, bustling with dense embroidery.
In the intricate scene of intertwined flowers, figures and creatures, you can spot stags and various birds.
Today’s Advent treat is this brightly-coloured cushion cover or wall hanging, bustling with dense embroidery.
In the intricate scene of intertwined flowers, figures and creatures, you can spot stags and various birds.
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#December8th #ArtAdvent 🎄
#December8th #ArtAdvent 🎄
When the grid goes down and ya mobile phone ain't work and there is no internet?
When All Else Fails. Ham Radio Works.
Dominic Schmidt, VK8DSZ in Darwin, is ready to go.
When the grid goes down and ya mobile phone ain't work and there is no internet?
When All Else Fails. Ham Radio Works.
Dominic Schmidt, VK8DSZ in Darwin, is ready to go.
Credit: Canberra Page
Credit: Canberra Page
By printmaker Sybil Andrews (Canadian (born England)
Color linocut on Japanese paper #ReframingWomenPrintmakers
By printmaker Sybil Andrews (Canadian (born England)
Color linocut on Japanese paper #ReframingWomenPrintmakers
A stately pleasure-dome decree:
Where Alph, the sacred river, ran
Through caverns measureless to man
Down to a sunless sea…”
Kubla Khan, composed 1797 (first pub. 1816) by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, English Romantic poet, born #OTD 1772.
Portrait by Allston 1814 NPG London
A stately pleasure-dome decree:
Where Alph, the sacred river, ran
Through caverns measureless to man
Down to a sunless sea…”
Kubla Khan, composed 1797 (first pub. 1816) by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, English Romantic poet, born #OTD 1772.
Portrait by Allston 1814 NPG London
- Virginia Woolf
#Womensart
- Virginia Woolf
#Womensart