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This piece, made of brass and glass (the red piece in the middle is made to look like a gemstone, but is glass), dates to the 1830s-1840s, and was worn to accentuate to hairstyles of the time - when women always, well almost always at least, kept their hair long and as an adult had it pinned up in intricate fashions. The label in the museum didn't clarify, but I think it is a Swedish piece.
On display at Nordiska museet (the Nordic museum), Stockholm.
Tags: sweden sverige schweden suecia suède svezia スウェーデン stockholm Estocolmo Stoccolma ストックホルム nordiska museet Nordisches Museum Nordic Museum Musée nordique Museo nordico 北方博物館 museum musée museo 博物館 hair comb comb kam prydnadskam Kamm peine peigne pettine 櫛
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This wedding-dress was worn in 1854 by Svea Beata Myhrman (who lived 1819-1910). That means she was 35 when she got married in this white silk dress (and yes, it was her first marriage). Generally speaking it is not completely correct to call this dress Victorian, since it's Swedish, but this dress was on display at Nordiska Museet, Stockholm, in their "British så in i Norden" exhibition. The name is an untranslatable pun, but the theme was the British influence on Swedish and Nordic fashion, and this dress shows the popularizing from queen Victoria's wedding to get married in white even up here in the North - though black was popular too all through the 19th century.
And yes, the dress IS white, but the lighting was low and soft to protect the garment.
Tags: sweden sverige schweden suecia suède svezia スウェーデン stockholm Estocolmo Stoccolma ストックホルム nordiska museet Nordisches Museum Nordic Museum Musée nordique Museo nordico 北方博物館 museum musée museo 博物館 brudklänning wedding dress wedding gown brautkleid Vestido de novia Robe de mariée Abito nuziale victorian
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This wedding-dress was worn in 1854 by Svea Beata Myhrman (who lived 1819-1910). That means she was 35 when she got married in this white silk dress (and yes, it was her first marriage). Generally speaking it is not completely correct to call this dress Victorian, since it's Swedish, but this dress was on display at Nordiska Museet, Stockholm, in their "British så in i Norden" exhibition. The name is an untranslatable pun, but the theme was the British influence on Swedish and Nordic fashion, and this dress shows the popularizing from queen Victoria's wedding to get married in white even up here in the North - though black was popular too all through the 19th century.
And yes, the dress IS white, but the lighting was low and soft to protect the garment.
Tags: sweden sverige schweden suecia suède svezia スウェーデン stockholm Estocolmo Stoccolma ストックホルム nordiska museet Nordisches Museum Nordic Museum Musée nordique Museo nordico 北方博物館 museum musée museo 博物館 brudklänning wedding dress wedding gown brautkleid Vestido de novia Robe de mariée Abito nuziale victorian
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This little calcite figurine of an hippopotamus from Egypt is 5 000 years old.
On display at Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen.
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Example of an armour that could have been worn by a member of Order of St. John. On display at the museum at the Grandmaster's palace in Valletta (in what was once the palace stables). And no, it's not a person inside the armour....
Tags: Malta Malte マルタ Valletta La Valeta La Valette La Valletta バレッタ Knights Hospitaller Order of Saint John Knights of Malta armour rustning armure armadura Rüstung armatura 鎧 装甲 knight riddare Ritter chevalier caballero cavaliere 騎士 ナイト
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