Beautiful things from the past - a thread🧵
1. Axe with heart-shaped holes, Japan, 1300s
1. Axe with heart-shaped holes, Japan, 1300s
2. Art Nouveau door handle, 1905
As William Morris once said during a lecture in 1880:
"Have nothing in your houses that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."
As William Morris once said during a lecture in 1880:
"Have nothing in your houses that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."
3. Art Deco peacock doors in Chicago, 1925
4. Roman ring with the inscription "Anima Dulcis Vivas Mecum" (May you live with me sweet soul), 4th century AD.
5. Art nouveau style letter opener, 1800s
6. Perfume bottle composed of eight glass bottles resembling orange segments, set within a painted ceramic holder, 1925.
7. Art Nouveau doorway
This unique Art Nouveau building at 6 rue du Lac in Brussels was designed by Ernest Delune in 1902.
It served as both the home and studio of Austrian master glassmaker Clas Grüner Sterner, who also created the stained glass doors and windows.
This unique Art Nouveau building at 6 rue du Lac in Brussels was designed by Ernest Delune in 1902.
It served as both the home and studio of Austrian master glassmaker Clas Grüner Sterner, who also created the stained glass doors and windows.
8. French perfume bottle, 1900s
9. Art Nouveau staircase in Vienna's Majolica House, 1898
10. A ring that transforms into an astronomical sphere, 1500s
11. A French medieval songbook, 1400s
The Chansonnier de Jean de Montchenu is a heart-shaped manuscript of songs, created at the request of Bishop Jean de Montchenu, a French nobleman.
It includes songs written in both French and Italian by composers from the 15th century.
The Chansonnier de Jean de Montchenu is a heart-shaped manuscript of songs, created at the request of Bishop Jean de Montchenu, a French nobleman.
It includes songs written in both French and Italian by composers from the 15th century.
12. Art Deco escalator terminals at NYC’s original Penn Station
13. The inside of an apartment in an Art Nouveau building from 1900 in Antwerp, Belgium.
14. Gold ring from the 1700s adorned with stars and the following inscription:
"Many are the stars I see yet in my eye no star like thee".
"Many are the stars I see yet in my eye no star like thee".
15. A 19th-century Persian Khanjar dagger featuring a distinctive horse-shaped handle intricately carved from lapis lazuli.
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