a-l-ancien-regime:

The interrupted sleep

Francois Boucher: 1750

Style: Rococo

Genre: pastorale

(via calantheandthenightingale)

So I was trolling the collections of the Victoria and Albert museum today looking for images of straw hats, and look what I stumbled upon.  It dates from 1750-1780.  Is this not the craziest damn thing you have ever seen?  I have looked at a lot of hats, especially from this period, and I’ve never seen anything like this!

18thcenturylove:

Servants by William Hogarth

Circa 1750.