the Frequent Peacock

MOVING!

2011-07-31T18:43:00.000-07:00

Thank you, loyal readers! I am moving this blog to Pinterest, for ease of posting/giving credit. I may still post here from time to time (videos and the like). You can find the new location here. Tell your buddies!

Watercolor

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Tournament of Roses

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1934

Stuart Kolakovic

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Tea packaging. via

Sticky Notes

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via

Headboard

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via

Kiss Each Other Clean

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via

Woozy

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via

(in)decorous taste in Vogue

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La Vanité

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by Mario Nunes Vais via

David Klein

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Friedrich von Khannach

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1913 via

Aladdin

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by Thomas Mackenzie

Alec Hemer

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via

Life 1911

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Orson via

Cigar Box emblem

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via

The Seagull and the Cat that showed it how to Fly

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Via

Miranda Skoczek

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Via

Two in a tree

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Vintage. Unknown source.

Delicate

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via

Czech Button

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via

Antiques in Lexington

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1608

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Remigio Cantagallina after Jacopo Ligozzi, 1608

DKD

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via

Primate Rescue Center

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I used to work at the Primate Rescue Center outside Nicholasville, Kentucky. They just had an outdoor event where they invited all the members to come see the good work they do. Pictures from that event include non-primate inhabitants of the farm, the peacocks.

Freaked Kitty Video

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here

Paradise

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From an animation by Ishu Patel via Animalarium, beginning 11:14.

Iridescent

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via

Accent

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via

Deutsche Kunst und Dekoration

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Peacock Spider courtship

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Mannequin

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Tail Twisters

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1973 by Aileen Fisher

Deutsche Kunst und Dekoration

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Nouveau

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Backdrop

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Figaro Ilvstre

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Schell's

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La Grande Odalisque

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Dominique Ingres 1814

Paul Albert Besnard

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1849-1934

Hosiery

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Dreams in Black and White

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Sacred Bird of Yucatan

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Vladimir Kush via

Azulejos

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via

Adoration of the Magi

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detail
Adoration of the Magi. via

Annunciation

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detail

carlo crivelli, 1486 via

Manuel Orazi

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What a hat!

Ornamental Wall Decal

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via

Buddhist Imagery

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Mirna Loy Backdrop

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Max Munn Autrey (1891-1971). via

Turban Tufts

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via

Lute

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Vanity Fair 1915

Theatre Magazine

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Elsie Ferguson, 1917. via

White Window

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Matthew Williamson

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Pride and Prejudice Bookcover Screenprint

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I love what palimpsest this is.

Because here is the original.

Indian Fare

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via

via

Up Close

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Peacock feather.
by S. Walker.

Indian Miniatures

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From BibliOdyssey.

Skirt Train

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Brooke Greco

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A classmate of mine's work. ($360, here.)

Attack

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White Peacock via.

Port Discovery Children's Museum

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Peacock created by Keren Shai Peer for Port Discovery Children's Museum. Photo by Daveed Korup.

Christmas Carol

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The University of Glasgow's Special Collections portion of their library has an amazing offering, the "book of the month". Go check out some of the other archives. Beautiful.

Norah

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instead of Schroeder.

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Chintz of Darkness

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Anchor Buggy

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Vogue 1915

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April 1915 via

Peacock Tile

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Galileo Chini via.

Demure to ponder

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"It is highly unlikely that the peacock, upon encountering the peahen of his dreams, demurs to ponder the energetic cost of his outrageous tail."- Meier et al., 2000. Nature 407: 796.

House Crush

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Seen here.

Cassiopeacock?

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Via

As you're knitting,

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Keep these in mind.

Johanna Basford

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Johanna Basford's pen-and-ink work. Nice.

Hedy Lamar

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Hellbirds

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By Antoine Helbert, via.

Julian Beever

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The incredible pavement chalk-artist, Julian Beever. A real-life Bert (Mary Poppins, magic...you know what I mean).

Debbie Fleming Caffery

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Debbie Fleming Caffery is a pretty cool photographer: I like her use of light and shadow.

Who can read this?

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Gary Fernandez

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fun things.

Time to touch a shining peacock!

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Cake Wrecks

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Except these are no cake wrecks, per say. Click the link for more...these are awesome! Thanks for sharing, Mindy!

Cigs

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Peacock Cigarettes.

Kimono

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via

Whistler's Peacock Room

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Other pictures, and history of the room here.

Mucha Peacock Room

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Mucha, Musee des Arts Decoratifs, 1900, originally uploaded by Gatochy.

Paris, France --- This exquisite Art Nouveau interior was designed by Alphonse Marie Mucha in 1900 for the Parisian jeweler, Georges Fouquet. The interior has been reconstructed in the Musee des Arts Decoratifs in Paris to preserve its beauty and artistic importance. --- Image by © Massimo Listri/CORBIS

Lily Damita

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Gisbert Combaz

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1896, Gisbert Combaz. Assuming I'm reading that lower right-hand corner correctly.

Michael Sowa's Peahen

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I love his surreal art. The pearl necklace on this chick is so sophisticated.

Conquistador Cigarettes

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1930

Plates

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I believe that these plates were from anthropologie, but I could be wrong. Anyone know for sure?

Art Car

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Thanks to Guy Shocat for these recent Burning Man pics!

Navid Baraty

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More beautiful photography by Navid Baraty.

Ziegfeld girl, Rose Dolores

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from Crashingly Beautiful:

Rose Dolores, Ziegfeld girl in peacock plume dress with feathers spread out

Photograph by Alfred Cheney Johnston, 1920s

From the Library of Congress website: Always known simply as “Dolores,” she became one of the most famous of Ziegfeld’s show girls, appearing in editions of his Follies and Midnight Frolics. She is one of many Ziegfeld girls photographed by Alfred Cheney Johnston. This photograph is particularly significant as a record of a spectacular design. It was in the Frolics that Dolores wore this white satin costume with pearls and an enormous fan towering over her statuesque figure.

Image Source: Flickr

(Thank you, themagiclantern & classicfilmheroines & )

Valery Lorenzo

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C Plume by Valery Lorenzo

Gertrude Hoffman

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This is Gertrude Hoffmann as the White Peacock. Photo (or costume?) by Maurice Goldberg. Circa 1920

Interesting Taxidermy

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This use of fabric within the taxidermy is ingenious.

Half Albino Peacock

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"The colors in the feathers of a bird are determined two factors: pigment and structure. For example, the green in some parrots is a result of yellow pigments over blue-reflecting feathers. In the case of a white peacock, its unusual lack-of-color is due to a missing pigment. This missing pigment is dark and absorbs incident light, making diffracted and interference light visible (i.e. common peacocks). The effect is similar to that of oil on water."
As quoted on Treehugger.

Ornamental Hosiery

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Wow, these are so fun! I wish I could find a pair these days. I wonder what color they were.

Print Gallery

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You can buy this freakishly amazing print for $270 here.