George Lepape, Vogue magazine cover, May 1917

The very meaning of Zen. I have this one up on my wall.

George Lepape, Vogue cover, May 1917.

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Choki Eishosai, Beauties, 18-19th C

Choki Eishosai, Beauties, 18-19th C

Baron Adolf de Meyer, Elizabeth Arden cosmetics ad, 1927

Baron Adolf de Meyer, advertisement for Elizabeth Arden cosmetics. Gelatin silver print. British, c.1927.

National Gallery of Australia, Canberra.

Scanned from "Art Deco 1910-1939" edited by Charlotte Benton, Tim Benton and Chislaine Wood.

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Émille Gallé, Veilleuse, c.1900

Émille Gallé, Veilleuse (night lamp) or incense burner, c.1900. Glass covered in layers, camaieu engraving, silvered bronze.

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Scanned from Gabriele Fahr-Becker's "Art Nouveau".

Anna Mae Wong

Actress Anna Mae Wong. Click image for 275x400 version.

Sándor Bortnyk, Modiano ad, c.1935

Sándor Bortnyk, poster for Modiano. Colour lithograph. Hungarian, c.1935.

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Scanned from "Art Deco 1910-1939" edited by Charlotte Benton, Tim Benton and Chislaine Wood.

Models, Oxford Street store in London, 1928

Quote:

"Models keep warm in their brightly coloured beach wraps and rubberised bathing hats in 1928. This picture was not shot on a beach, but on the roof of an Oxford Street store in London. Plenty of sunshine and fresh air was considered healthy."

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Scanned from "Decades of Fashion" by Harriet Worsley.