Textiles

Woman’s sarong, glass beads and shells, of the Iban Dayak, West Kalimantan, Indonesia

Warp-faced plain woven and weft-twined fringes of a dancing apron from Timor

Wolof man’s robe, resist-dyed and embroidered, Gandiol, Sengal

Moccasins, quill and “pony” bead embroidery, Eastern woodlands, USA

Warp faced plain woven and weft-twined fringes of a band, Timor

Woman’s apron, beadwork of the Aparai, Para, Brazil

Woolen bag, combination of interlinked and intertwined sprang, Egypt, Coptic, 400-700 AD

Weft faced plain weave, tapestry and supplementary weft, Konna, Mali

Sarong from the Philippines, dovetailed tapestry

Interknotted fringe of a sarong from Sumbawa

Manioc trays of the Yek’uana, diagonal plating, Amazonas, Venezuela

Twined basket of the Haida, Queen Charlotte Islands, Canada, c. 1890

Nivacle woman’s carrying net, hourglass looping, Gran Chaco, Paraguay


Images and info via:

Textiles, A Classifaction of Technique
Annemarie Seiler-Baldinger
Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C.
1994

Erté

Illustrations by Romain de Tirtoff, more widely known by his pseudonym, Erté. I found a booklet of 21 postcards with his illustrations on them, here are ten of my favorites. 

Titles, respectively:

Costume design for revue number
Costume Design for Legendary Kings
Oriental Tale
Sleeping Beauty
Costume design for revue number
Adam and Eve
The Pursuit of Flore
The Coming of Spring
Nature's Vanity
The Surprises of the Sea