Irish Craft
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@samanthaM0rris PhD student at @WeAreTuDublin Research area #lace #place #deepmapping #heritage #community #LoveIrishResearch @IrishResearch
Peignoir, 1900. Pink batiste and white lace peignoir, pink and white lace horizontally alternating. Would wear ©️Goldstein Museum of Design. #FashionHistory #Lingerie
Floral snapshot, July, in case your brain is noisy and overloaded:
The 2nd theme in #AfricaFashion is artisanal, as designers incorporate the rich history of handwoven textiles and handmade garments into their collections, a practice that promotes sustainability and local sourcing. For example, this is a 2020 bodice and khanga, a brightly
One of the Caryatids from the Erechtheion, gazing over Athens from the Acropolis. ph: Walter Hege
The release of newly recovered census transcripts is allowing people with an interest in family history to delve further into their past! The Virtual Record Treasury of Ireland has made 175k new historical records available to explore online. Read more: tcd.ie/news_events/to…
175,000 new historical records lost during a fire at the Four Courts during the Civil War in 1922 are being made available online, including 60,000 names from the Irish 19th century censuses rte.ie/news/ireland/2…
These hair carvings were made 2,500 years ago. Caryatid statues, British Museum, London
Eva Pacheo, a local crochet teacher and her students in Alhaurín de la Torre, in Malaga, Spain, collaboratively created a massive canopy of patchwork crochet to create shade for their community #WomensArt #heatwave
Our Icelandic textile tour continues - we learnt the Bayeux embroidery stitch this morning, then went to the textile museum where we saw lovely knitted lace
One day I will be an old woman with long silver hair, magical tattoos, eyes full of light and life, and lots of laugh wrinkles. My children's children will lay out with me under the stars by a campfire on a seashore. We will listen to the waves make music as I tell them my…
I’m celebrating my 12th Twitterversary with some of your all-time #frockingfabulous favourites!: Norma Shearer, making a stir in 1926’s Upstage. The costume credit was shared by André- Ani, Kathleen May and Maude Marsh. thank you for joining me today and every day!
Locket ring belonging to Elizabeth I, 1501–1600, England
Art Nouveau fairy door handles, Warrington, England from 1900s.
Thank you to the Sligo Weekender for their feature about Rewind - the Indie Authors Ireland Anthology in aid of @AsIAmIreland Retweets appreciated Buy your copy here amazon.ie/Rewind-Collect… Read the article here: pressreader.com/ireland/sligo-…
'Poppies' by Elizabeth Blackadder, Scottish painter and printmaker, first woman to be elected to both the Royal Scottish Academy and the Royal Academy (for Libby x) #WomensArt
“If you truly love nature, you will find beauty everywhere.” – Vincent van Gogh
I'm delighted to be part of a brand new book! It's called Rewind: A Collection, from Indie Authors Ireland, and you can hear more about it and about the piece I've written, on the video. All proceeds to @AsIAmIreland Buy your copy here: amazon.ie/Rewind-Collect…