Something as psychedelic as a 1970 Peter Maxx poster come to life . . .

not her ladyship's mother in law's tea party era any more

Simmering on air on the bow of a concert violinist as the entertainment at the birthday party of the Duchess of the other side of the moon gets underway a few galaxies over from the Milky Way. . . a play with the girl in the fancy dress who used to dance in the bar next to the mines . . . a boy who turned somersaults and an acrobat carrying her sister aloft with her teeth . . . oh no . . .the duchess gone to change out of her gown and back in a leotard with spangles the color of a peacock’s tail . . . legs kicking and a can-can . . .should have remembered that she started out as a chorus girl on the London stage with the Duke having spotted her at a matinee and carried her off to a new life. . . better go hide or that’s the last event they’ll hire you to do . . .

Feather fan with red feathers and hollow carved plastic staves. 2021 with an Art Deco motif. via amazon.com.

White Tower Hamburgers. Urban sculpture. 1984. American. Alan Wolfson, maker. via alanwolfson.net.

Prince Cocoa alternate. Costume concept for the American Ballet Theatre production of Strauss' ballet “Whipped Cream.” 2016. American. Oil on panel. Mark Ryden, artist. via markryden.com.

Figure of Klappertier, or the Crocodile, for a miniature Kasperl-Theater.20th c. German. Painted metal. Maker not known. Collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.

Interior view of a Kabuki theatre, Edo, Japan. Early 1770s. Japanese. Colored woodblock. Utagawa Toyoharu, artist (1735-1814). Collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.

Vitrolite kitchen, Turzak residence, Chicago, Illinois. 1937. American. Gouache, graphite and watercolor. Bruce Goff, maker. via digital.wolfsonian.org

Penguin silvered salt shaker. 1935. French. Art Deco. Designed by Sandoz for Christofle. via myartproject.org.

Ann Ponder of El Paso, Texas who could have been a beauty queen or in costume for a fancy dress ball. mid 20th c. American. Samuel Fant, photographer.Sonnichsen Special Collections, University of Texas El Paso.

Jewel designed by René Lalique (1860-1945). French. Collections of the Musée Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon.

Stage design for Act III of an 1827 production of Rossini's opera “Moise et Pharaon.” Maker not known. via commons.wikimedia.org.

“Proposed Lobby Interior, Realto Theatre.” ca. 1940. American. Watercolor, ink and pencil on board. Charles Lee, illustrator. via digitalwolfsonian.org.

Installation view of Nicolas Party: Pastel at the FLAG Art Foundation, 2019. Photo by Steven Probert. via news.artnet.com.

“Décors 7.” Fantasy architecture. 1987. Japanese. Minoru Nomata, artist. Born in 1955. nomataminoru.com. via cerclemagazine.com.

Sweet dancing treats scene from the American Ballet Theatre's production of Strauss’ ballet “Whipped Cream.” 2019. American. Photo credit Gene Schiavone. via chicago.suntimes.com.

Constructivist cityscape concept for an unidentified production. ca. 1910s. Russian. Graphite on paper. Alexandra Exter, creator (1882-1949). via Swann Galleries.

Wings, Confidencen Theatre, a Baroque theatre on the grounds of the Ulrikdal Palace outside Stockholm. The building’s original structure dating to 1671. via domenicoscarlatti.wordpress.com.

Flower ring. Italian. Gold over sterling silver with red enamel. via ross-simons.com.

Tartar Tent garden folly, Château de Groussay, Montfort l’Amaury. Built in 1960. French. Painted metal and 10,000 Delft tiles. Made for Charles de Beistegui who had purchased Château de Groussay in 1938.

Prospective designs for the 1939 New York City World's Fair. American. Christian Francis Rosborg, architect (1881 -1953). Collections of the Cooper Hewitt Museum.

“Wang's house”. Urban sculpture. Contemporary. American. Tracey Snelling, maker. traceysnelling.com. via artspace.com.

Poster for the Le Cocon by Buatier de Kolta Maskelyne & Cookes, a magic show staged at the Egyptian Hall in London, England. Victorian. Image courtesy of the British Library. via hyperallergic.com.

Vase (serpent handle detail). One of a pair of vases. 1782. French. Gilt bronze. Pierre Gouthière after François-Joseph Bélanger. Photo credit Joseph Godla. Image courtesy of the Musée du Louvre. via hyperallergic.com.

Thermal pool, Danubius Gellert Hotel, Budapest, Hungary. Photograph ca. 2017. Photographer not known. via lonelyplanet.com.

“Warriors' Tent.” Backdrop for a toy paper theatre. No date. Maker not known. geheugenvannederland.nl and 50watts.com.

Interior of Trinity Church, Copley Square, Boston. Designed by H. H. Richardson and built between 1872 and 1877. Photograph © Bill Damon Flickr.

Staircase with newel post of the Vanderbilt 5th Avenue, New York mansion. ca. 1880. Herter Brothers, decorators. via halfpuddinghalfsauce.blogspot.com.

Transistor radio modeled as an owl. 1960s. Japanese. via ebay.com.

Interior staircase. Architectural rendering. ca. 2017. British. Watercolor. John Walsom, artist. via walsom.com.

“Totem of Confessions, Burning Man Project 2015.” American. Michael Garlington and Natalia Bertotti, artists. Photo credit Daniel L. Hayes. via americanart.si.edu.

“Finding Your Way” balloon cloud art installation. 2015. Photo credit Ailie MacDonald Wilson. via townereastbourne.org.uk.

Figure on the side of the tomb of Edmund Plowden, Temple Church, London. 1585. British. via alondoninheritance.com.

Figural bulb Christmas ornaments in glass. Vintage. 2018 image. via thecavenderdiary.com.

“Star of the Hero.” 1936. Russian. Painting. Nicholas Roerich, artist. (1874-1947). via wikiart.org

Tropicana Nightclub, Havana, Cuba. ca. 1950s. Photographer not given. via wolfsonianfiulibrary.wordpress.com.

Peacock feather design brooch. Contemporary. Hand painted and based on a French brooch in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art that was made between 1925 and 1935. Many thanks to Michael Saylor​ who sent me the link.

Decoration in the Théâtre de la Reine, Versailles, built near the Petit Trianon in 1780 for Queen Marie Antoinette. Richard Mique, architect. via tweedlandthegentlemansclub.blogspot.com.

Corn Palace, Mitchell, South Dakota. 1928. American. Vintage post card.Courtesy of the Newberry Library, Chicago. via hyperallergic.com

Tulips, some bejeweled. via Facebook and Pinterest. Many thanks to Christian de Bor who found it.

Andrey Remnev, Russian painter.

Act II concept for a production of Mozart's opera “Don Giovanni.” 19th c. Giuseppe Brioschi, maker. via gettyimages.com.

Theatre costume. 1981. British. Philip Prowse, designer. Made by Bonn & McKenzie. Collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.

Flying pig pendant. 21st c. Yellow gold and chalcedony. Fei Liu, designer. via 1stdibs.com.

Stage Two, Junior Eurovision 2021. Paris, France. Image via eurovoix.com

Toy theatre. 1850. English. Collection of Pollock's Toy Museum. via britannica.com.

Alligators and frog from the series “Circling”. Paper art. 2020. Julie Wilkinson/Makerie Studio, creators. makerierstudio on Instagram. via thisiscolossal.com.

“Cosi Fan Tutte-Décor of the 4th act.” 1947. Russian/French. Gouache. Erté, maker. via professorhistoryx.wordpress.com.

Former Roman Catholic Church of Saint-Étienne-le-Vieux in partial ruin. Caen, Calvados, France. Image via reddit.com.

Pendantbrooch. ca. 1910. Belle Epoche. Diamonds and aquamarines. Chaumet, maker. via Christies.