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40.3 x 30.4 | 40.3 x 60.8 cm (outline of series title Sun Artists printed in gold ink) Featuring a design by English illustrator Laurence Houseman, (1865-1959) this rare example of a brown-paper wrapper for the first Number of Sun Artists originally contained four hand-pulled photogravures ...
Once archeologist Elizabeth Barber (inWomen’s Work: The First 20,000 Years) pointed out that half the historic record was long ignored because textiles and wooden objects rarely survive, I became very conscious of the fact that we speak of “hunter-gatherers,” but we find much more evidence...
She earned fame while Florence received nothing. It's a shame because Florence's real story is more interesting and emotional than the made up one. You can read it here https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florence_Owens_Thompson So iconic yes, truthful no. But I'm so grateful it was ...
Images:Courtesy of Wikipedia Sources: Marie de France: Fables, edited and translated by Harriet Spiegel; Dinah Hazell,Rethinking Marie, (article) sfsu.edu; Tony Hunt,Marie(fl. c.1180–c.1189) (article), ODNB; Elizabeth Hallam, editor, The Plantagenet Chronicles; The Plantagenets, the Kings wh...
Wikipedia is a very popular online encyclopedia written by non-paid volunteers. Although some areas are extensively covered, not all topics are fully represented. After seeing no mention of tapestry crochet, I started a Tapestry Crochet Wiki page and linked it to the Crochet Wiki page. Anyone ma...
Early 2001: b2/cafelog, the Precursor of WordPress, Was Launched In early 2001, the French programmer Michel Valdrighi launched a personal publishing system with a new design known as b2 or cafelog. In contrast with most other blogging systems at the time, the software needed to be installed...
All Hallow’s Eve adopted the Celtic festival of Samhain, which celebrated the end of summer and a thinning of the line between life and death. As the season turned and the days started to get shorter and darker, it was incorporated into the Christian calendar with All Saints (All Hallows...
design a completely new kind of plane, so they had taken the basic design from the Russian plane used in the Clint Eastwood film Firefox, and just simplified it. Bill had told the crew to just make it boxier and use flat surfaces rather than the curved surfaces and dihedral of a typical...
Alongside running the premier retailer of pre-owned Rolex watches, Paul is a prominent Rolex watch collector himself amassing one of the largest private collections of rare timepieces. In an interview with the WSJ lifestyle/fashion editor Christina Binkley, Paul opened his vault to display his ...