A friend sent me this image of Heddy Lamarr for Christmas. It’s from her 1949 performance as Delilah in Cecil B. De Mille’s Samson & Delilah, which, naturally, involves much lounging on divans—an entry in Encyclopedia of the Exquisite—and brooding…
Dali’s Lady Go-Divers
This is really great. There is actual youtube footage from Salvador Dali‘s 1939 World’s Fair installation—Dream of Venus—which is described, discussed and mused upon at length in Encyclopedia of the Exquisite. Witness the watery grace of those ancient topless mermaids…
Furoshiki Chic
The great Japanese art of origami is found in Encyclopedia of the Exquisite, but today I’m interested in its cousin—furoshiki, using square pieces of prettily printed cloth to wrap up packages. During the 1600s, furoshiki, literally meaning ‘bath mat,’ were…
Tooting our own horn
You may have missed last week’s review in the New York Times Book Review, but I am so over the moon about it that I’ve reposted it here. It was written by Lily Koppel. I don’t think my feet touched…
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