The Woman In Black In New York Fashion Lore
The Beatrice Fashion Letter examines elegant black wardrobe choices led by Mrs. Frank Lissie and other New York social figures. It promotes a restrained palette, three-tone harmony, and economical elegance with black as the focal color, including method notes on gowns, waists, and pearls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Lissie
New York City
William Aster
Mrs. Culver
West
New York
Russell Age
Potter Palmer
George Gould
Girl Painter of Cecil Rhodes Revived Miniature Art
Amelia Kussner, famed for reviving miniature painting, returns from South Africa after painting Cecil Rhodes. Her delicate miniatures, worn in watch cases or small frames, captured European royalty and modern collectors, boosting demand for the tiny portraits amid possible Rhodes captivity. A Lewiston woman shows a prized tobacco pipe collection once smoked by Bismarck and the Prince of Wales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amelia Kussner
Amelia
South Africa
Cecil Rhodes
Rhodes
Amelia Gassner
Peter Marie
New York
Cleveland
United State
Miss Kussner
Lewiston
Bismarck
Prince of Wales
America
Kennebec Jou
Artist Seeks Reward Through Aerial Allegory
A Chicago Tribune blurb recounts an artist painting an allegorical scene of joy with a model. He promises Uncle Ephraim a half dollar or a plump pullet if the piece succeeds, then pivots to a possum tale from South Water Street as inspiration for a grand, bustling portrait.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ephraim
South Water Street
Chicago Tribune
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Beatrice Fashion
M. C. Goodwin
Helen Grey
Paris
Laura Jean Libbey
Clarence MacKay
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