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Many houses at the outbreak of World War II were still using gas for domestic room lighting. My family had the old gas fittings on the wall. Although we had been converted to electric lighting by this time, Dad retained all the gas fittings, as he did not trust this new fangled form of lighting by electricity.

#history #gas lamps #victorian lamps

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Whale oil lamp made of pewter with a single wick, c.1840

#lamp #vintage #victorian #history #whale oil #whale oil lamp

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#gil hibben

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#gil hibben #knives #vintage knives #alien knives #spider #art knives #widow

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tierra whack

#tierra whack #music

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#ratbag #ratbag band

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"Yes, I believe that our buildings, above all our public buildings, should be in some sense poems. The images they offer our senses should arouse in us sentiments corresponding to the purpose for which these buildings are intended"

-Étienne-Louis Boullée

#Étienne-Louis Boullée #architecture #structures #quotes

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An 18th-century illustration of a wicker man.

#occult #illustration #the wicker man #pagan

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Notes: Odeur 53 - metallic notes, clay, pebble and sand; Odeur 71 - ink, metallic notes, west Indian bay, incense, hyacinth, bamboo, fir raisin, oak moss, white pepper and woody notes

Smells like: Every synthetic, inorganic, non-living or unnatural thing you’ve ever smelled.

#perfumes #fragrance #inorganic #fascinating profile

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Notes: Rose, asphalt, Lily of the valley, magnolia, patchouli, litchi, saffron, galbanum, leather, ylang-ylang, amber and labdanum

Smells like: Street art. The scent captures the whole mood of urban street art—from the artist’s bag to spray paint.

#perfume #urban #street art #obsessed with this I need it

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the reason I went to space, yusaku maezawa

#the reason I went to space #yasaku maezawa #photography #film

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kazu saito, astral gallery

#kazu saito #nihonga #traditional #formative

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kazo saito, kaguya

#kazo saito #traditional #nihonga