Wonderful. Planning to visit in September.

My photo shows a Roman floor mosaic depicting an octopus. The octopus is composed of small black tesserae (tiles) and has eight writhing arms with suckers and narrow curling tips. It is set against a white tesserae background. Octopus detail from a monochrome marine mosaic featuring Triton with a cherub and various sea creatures, including the octopus, dolphins and a cuttlefish, at the women’s changing room at the Central Baths in Herculaneum.

Spectacular octopus from the floor of the women’s changing room at the Central Baths in ancient Herculaneum.

📷 by me

#MosaicMonday
#Archaeology

There were some tough scenes to watch, I agree. But then, they were tough times.

#outlander is back and I will take it, whatever the plot twists. On costume watch….naturally ☺️

Heartbreak on the Colonial Front: Women’s Writing, the Seven Years War, and Humanity in the Archive By Thomas Lecaque This article is dedicated to the memory of Dr. Patrick Lecaque, 1/15/1949-10/11/2025, who taught his son the joy of history, of research, of discovery, and to find the individuals…

A powerful look at how women’s writing during the Seven Years’ War reveals the raw emotion, loss, and humanity often hidden in colonial archives. A moving reminder that behind every global conflict are intimate stories worth remembering. @tlecaque.bsky.social ageofrevolutions.com/2026/03/02/h...

The back view of a long sleeved long skirted dress in a vibrant pattern of purple waves and yellow flashes. Ruffles and pleats add to the effect of the textile

A partial view of the bodice of the 1830s purple patterned dress showing gathering centre front and a shawl style collar

Only in surviving garments can we appreciate the full technicolour of c19th dye experiments. This late #1830s mohair dress used a pioneering pigment innovation called cudbear developed in Leith, Scotland, resulting in this wildly colourful pattern @NtlMuseumsScot #kelvingrove #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

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Thank you Sally.

Hi everyone. I’ve been quiet, earlier this week my husband passed away. Anyone who has experienced the loss of a close one will relate..there’s no time to process, no time to grieve, there’s just so much to do. He knew how much this meant to me, I’ll be back ♥️

A long printed cotton dress with tight sleeves and bodice and a repeat printed in a green, pink and red motif against a cream background

A closer detail of the pattern covering the 1840s cotton dress with a complex design of stylised florals

An engraving from the 1840s that shows a calico printing workshop with the large expanse of cotton that was able to be roller printed in longer lengths

Cutting edge technologies are always at the heart of textile manufacture. In the 1840s that involved roller printing, the process that replaced wood block textile prints with a faster method and more complex patterns. I do love an #1840s printed cotton @ngvmelbourne.bsky.social #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

Special talk and book launch to mark International Women's Day The event will shine a light on the Scottish women seafarers who lost their lives during wartime in the last century.

HAHAHAHAHA!!!
"Eminent historian"???? Whaat? Hilarious exaggeration but nice all the same.

My book launch is tomorrow evening at the Scottish Maritime Museum - probably still time to book a place: www.scottishmaritimemuseum.org/event/talk-a...

www.dailyrecord.co.uk/ayrshire/emi...

@ladyscribe3.bsky.social What about the lace museum in Brussels?

@gailbaxterlace.bsky.social immediately comes to mind for advice but it doesn’t look like she’s active on here. Let me think..

Isabelle Frith, Reading (1845)

by William Powell Frith (British, 1819-1909)

The Mercer Art Gallery, Harrogate, U.K.

@artukdotorg.bsky.social

Current exhibition | LSE Library Find out about our current exhibition drawing on themes within our collections.

NEW EXHIBITION NOW OPEN ✨
The Women’s Library at 100: Celebrating a Century of Collections.
Join us Thu 12 March to celebrate - meet the curators alongside colleagues from other archives including @nationalarchives.gov.uk.web.brid.gy @thelondonarchives.bsky.social
www.lse.ac.uk/library/twl100

The bodice of a pale yellow silk late 1880s dress embroidered either side of the centre with flowers and stem of daffodils

Full length view of the late 1880s pale yellow dress which cuts away to reveal a petticoat beneath. It has embroidered daffodils running the length of the gown and around to the train as well

A detail of one of the embroidered yellow daffodils worked in long and short silk shading stitch for a painterly effect

Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Hapus! Happy St David’s Day to my Welsh friends, family and of course Mr S himself. Thus beautiful daffodil strewn late #1880s gown is a perfect tribute #AmericanMuseum #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

Lovely, thanks!

It’s March, so it has to be the daffodil dress 🌼

Oh interesting. Thank you.

16 years? Her life was taken from her.

Exclusive: Woman paralysed by violent ex urges more awareness of coercive control Trudi Burgess' partner was charismatic, capable and much admired. But he was also a "manipulative, entitled" abuser.

Exclusive: Woman paralysed by violent ex urges more awareness of coercive control
www.channel4.com/news/exclusi...

Front view of printed cotton caraco (jacket) with elbow length sleeves, MET

Side view of printed cotton caraco (jacket), MET

Back view of printed cotton caraco (jacket) with pleats, MET

Close up view of C18th printed cotton with small red flowers of caraco (jacket), MET

18th century cotton caraco, Belgian. Via The Met.