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A gold and enamelled brooch in the form of a cicada, ca. 1902. Rene Lalique (1860-1945)
You can see how delicate the plique a jour on the wings is - just the slightest hint of green.
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Microart by Hasan Kale
Richard Wilson, The Russian story book, containing tales from the song-cycles of Kiev and Novgorod and other early sources (1916). Illustrations by Frank Cheyne Papé
All thy waves are gone over me.
William T. Horton, from A book of images, introduced by W. B. Yeats, London, 1898.
(Source: archive.org)
Illustration from Une semaine de bonté
[A Week of Kindness or The Seven Deadly Elements]
Troisième cahier [Book Three]
Mardi [Tuesday] - Le feu [Fire]