Evening dress, 1912-13. Nasjonalmuseet for Kunst, Arketketur, og Design.

The Bookworm, by German painter Carl Spitzweg (1850). Grohmann Museum.

American actress Maude Adams as Napoleon ll in L'Aiglon. Photographed in 1901.

The Morris Silverman House is a historic house in Helena, Montana, U.S.. It was built in 1890 for Morris Silverman, a Russian Jewish immigrant, in Queen Anne style.

Portrait of English writer Charlotte Brontë, by English painter George Richmond (1850). National Portrait Gallery.

Ensemble by House of Worth, 1910. Cincinnati Art Museum.

Brooch 'A Trophy of Love', enamelled gold set with cornelians, pearls & emeralds, 1800-20. France. The Victoria & Albert Museum.

'Henry Siegel’s 14th St. Store'. Photographed in 1900.

The Surprise, by Finnish painter Ferdinand von Wright (1880). Ateneumin taidemuseo.

Centre sofa, 1850-75. Royal Collection.

Suit, 1912. McCord Museum.

Front cover of Vogue, November 1924.

Wooden medicine chest, hinged lid, swing back fronts, iron fittings, compartments for drug bottles (12) and pewter canisters (4), drawers below for scales, weights, mortar and pestle etc., German, 1731-1850. Science Museum.

Ambrotype portrait, housed in a kiri-wood case, of a Japanese gentleman, identified on verso as “Kobayashi Shozaemon, 25 years old” wearing a yukata, coat, hat and geta. Photographed in 1882.

Courage, Anxiety and Despair: Watching the Battle, by English painter James Sant (1850). In private collection.