Tag: crosslegged

Autochromes by F. P. Knott

Woman adorned like a Chinese goddess poses in a garden in California, 1915. Photograph by Franklin Price Knott. | src National Geographic
Portrait of a woman draped with red silk. Photograph by Franklin Price Knott. | src National Geographic
Undated autochrome of a water lily garden by Franklin Price Knott. | src National Geographic

Wearing an Egyptian Costume

George Rinhart :: Miss Afton McWilliams, member of the New York Art Colony, who has gained fame with her paintings of Hollywood movie stars, and creations in dance costumes, is shown in an Egyptian costume of her own design. (original caption) | src Getty Images

Sylvia Chen, Vera Maya Studio

Alexander Grinberg :: Dancer Silvija Chen (also Silvija Chen). A scenic study, Vera Maya Studio, Moscow, late 1920s. (Photo by Aleksandr Grinberg / FotoSoyuz) | src Getty Images

Lili Green in »Orientale«, 1915

Jacob Merkelbach :: Danseres Lily Green in »Orientale«, 1915. Collectie Atelier J. Merkelbach. | src Het Stadsarchief Amsterdam more about Lili Green: Empire of Ecstasy: Nudity and Movement in German Body Culture, 1910-1935 pp. 145 to 154
Jacob Merkelbach :: Danseres Lily Green in »Orientale«, 1915. Collectie Atelier J. Merkelbach. | src Het Stadsarchief Amsterdam
more about Lili Green: Empire of Ecstasy: Nudity and Movement in German Body Culture, 1910-1935 pp. 145 to 154
Atelier J. Merkelbach :: Lily or Lily Green (Dancer and choreographer) in »Orientale«, 1915. Glass negative. | src Het Stadsarchief Amsterdam and Tanzfotografie: Historiografische Reflexionen der Moderne (pp. 96 to 111, this image on p.103) Jacob Merkelbach :: Danseres Lily Green in »Orientale«, 1915. Collectie Atelier J. Merkelbach. | src Het Stadsarchief Amsterdam more about Lili Green: Empire of Ecstasy: Nudity and Movement in German Body Culture, 1910-1935 pp. 145 to 154
Atelier J. Merkelbach :: Lily or Lily Green (Dancer and choreographer) in »Orientale«, 1915. Glass negative. | src Het Stadsarchief Amsterdam and Tanzfotografie: Historiografische Reflexionen der Moderne (pp. 96 to 111, this image on p.103)

Agniel seated in Buddha position

John de Mirjian Studios ~ Marguerite Agniel seated in a Buddha position, circa 1929. | src Wellcome collection
John de Mirjian ~ Marguerite Agniel seated in a Buddha position, wearing a two-piece costume and matching turban, photographed in studio, ca. 1929 | src Wellcome library