Pair of Romantic 19th Century Engravings Medal Its textured surface and asymmetrical

Its textured surface and asymmetrical silhouette echo Schiaparelli’s signature play between the body and the imagination — the boundary where fashion becomes art

Notre-Dame

it feels like something a wandering naturalist might have presented to a queen—half devotional object

Papilio ulysses (Ulysses swallowtail)A flash of impossible blue—like a slice of summer sky captured and pinned

Colour may vary from piece to piece

Pair of Romantic 19th Century Engravings Medal Its textured surface and asymmetricalBy the late 16th century enemas were all the rage. The common belief was that a good clyster would cure everything from skin blemishes, to constipation, to aging. Fashionable aristocrats could have about four of these a day. It was not uncommon for apothecaries to walk the streets with their clyster tubes thrown casually over their shoulders so that all could see. Louis the XIV, predecessor to Louis the XVI, aka the Sun King, is rumoured to have been