(Source: dowager-countess-of-grantham)

(Source: dowager-countess-of-grantham)

benaltrecose:

Miss Elaine Inescourt, actress born in London, studied for grand opera, as an actress first appearance 1899, and on the London stage 1903, toured America, South Africa and Australia.

stilllifequickheart:

Paul de Longpre

Birds, Bees, and Berries

1900

edwardianera:

Several Pretty And Characteristic Ways Of Dressing The Hair, 1908

fevrale-dostat-chernil-i-plakat:

Portrait of Martha Bibescu (1911) by Giovanni Boldini.

 ”You are not only a splendid writer, Princess, but a sculptor of words, a musician, a purveyor of scents, a poet.” Marcel Proust in a letter to Martha Bibescu

fripperiesandfobs:

Wedding dress ca. 1905

From the V&A

(Source: mnemosyneindust)