Cool Chicks from History

• Robe of Descent (Daoist priest’s robe), China, Late 19th, early 20th century. Silk, metallic–wrapped yarns; embroidered L: 54 inches, W: 80 inches...

Designing the Dwell

In 1944 it was predicted that 800,000 to 1,000,000 homes would be built each year, for ten years after the war ended. Chicago...

Bustle, ca. 1875.

From the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

One of several beautiful studies of Native American artifacts by painter and illustrator Allen Tupper True. According to the note at the top of the...