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April 25, 2021April 25, 2021 Hetty

★ Pair of Colourful 1920s House Illustrations

★ I just found this charming pair of vintage house illustrations, and I had to share them straight away. Aren’t they gorgeous? So quintessentially 1920s and in such wonderfully vibrant and typically Art Deco colours – so reminiscent of Clarice Cliff pottery!

I hope you like these vintage images! Have fun, and please do share what you’re using them for in the comments!

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Take a look around to find all sorts of FREE vintage graphics for use in your personal projects! I regularly post more vintage images, so be sure to check back to see what’s new! Need more information about my site? Try my About page.

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May 13, 2021 at 8:44 pm

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Velvet Limelight is back! As well as history, I'll now also be posting about my Etsy store and sharing lots of lovely vintage graphics for you to use in junk journals, scrapbooking, mixed media projects, card making and more! To celebrate, here’s a truly fab picture of actress and singer Lilian Harvey (c.1926).

American dancer, singer and actor, Fred Astaire, was born on this day in 1899. In a career spanning 76 years, he starred in over 30 movies and gained a reputation for his impeccable sense of rhythm and relentless perfectionism. Often remembered as one half of 'Fred and Ginger', alongside dancing partner Ginger Rogers, his sophisticated, gentlemanly demeanor saw him become one of the iconic stars of the Golden Age of Hollywood. .

'Portrait of Madame la Comtesse de Cambacérès' by French artist William-Adolphe Bouguereau (1895). Currently in the collections of the Seattle Art Museum, this lovely painting depicts Louise de Rohan Chabot, who was born in Paris in 1860 and married the Count of Cambacérès in 1886. Eschewing the era's avant-garde Impressionism, Bouguereau's traditional academicist style saw him become the most sought after salon painter of his generation. Judging from this beautiful portrait, I can certainly see why.

Arriving at the White House for the presentation ceremony of his NASA Distinguished Service Medal, astronaut Commander Alan B. Shepard and his wife Louise are greeted by President John F. Kennedy, First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy and Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson, in this photograph taken by Robert L. Knudsen, 8th May 1961. One of the original NASA Mercury Seven astronauts, Shepard was only the second person, and first American, to ever travel into space, aboard a spacecraft he named Freedom 7.

Currently housed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, this utterly exquisite court ensemble was worn by Emily Warren Roebling for her formal presentation to Queen Victoria in 1896. For high society women, presentation at the British royal court was an incredibly important event which demanded suitably lavish formal attire. With its sumptuous textiles, intricately embroidered underskirt and bodice, long velvet train, delicate silk flowers, metallic trims, lace and ribbons, this beautiful dress certainly fits that bill, and proves that sometimes more really is more.

American actor, director, writer and producer, Orson Welles, was born on this day in 1915. A true innovator, one of his most notable productions was the legendary Mercury Theatre radio broadcast of 'The War of the Worlds' on 30th October 1938, which sparked mass panic from listeners who believed a real Martian invasion was underway. Pictured here, Welles met with reporters the following day in order to explain that no one connected with the broadcast had any idea the show would cause such panic.

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