Tag: unknown maker

High (Fun) Fashion Stockings

The latest fashion in England is stockings for women, such as the Scottish Highlanders wear | src Fotocollectie Het Leven
Photo: Five ladies wearing long stockings are watched by a Scotsman in traditional costume as they pass by, 1927
A woman shows stockings (leg) with peacock feathers incorporated. The Roaring Twenties at its best, 1926. (Place and maker unknown) | src Fotocollectie Het Leven (1906-1941)
Stockings with separate toe pieces, 1932 | src Fotocollectie Het Leven (1906-1941)
Images of faces on stockings are the rage of the moment in Paris. A young lady wears the new stockings with an image of herself printed on the satin, Paris, France 1926 | src Fotocollectie Het Leven (1906-1941)
Embroidered stocking with black cat, 1914 | src Fotocollectie Het Leven (1906-1941)
Fur-trimmed garters, United States of America, 1926 | src Fotocollectie Het Leven (1906-1941)

Medito la vendetta….

Medito la vendetta….
Ritratto di giovane donna, cartolina, 1910-1920, postcard (P chlorine-bromide). Unidentified Author | Archivio Alinari

The Fondazione Alinari per la fotografia (Archivio Alinari) hosts four similar postcards, the captions are as follows:

  • Tradimento fu il suo (AVQ-A-000047-0123)
  • Medito la vendetta (AVQ-A-000047-0122)
  • Abbandonata al mondo seduttore (AVQ-A-000047-0119)
  • l’orgoglio del mio onore vincerà (AVQ-A-000047-0118)

Acrobatic studies, 1927

Acrobatic study in the style of Alexander Grinberg, 1927 (detail)
Acrobatic study in the style of Alexander Grinberg, 1927 | src Литфонд Auction house
Acrobatic study in the style of Alexander Grinberg, 1927 | src Литфонд (Literary Fund) Auction house
Acrobatic couple, 1927 | src Литфонд Auction house