Digital Collections from the Met Museum Libraries

Illustrated catalogue / Hinks, Wells & Co., manufacturers of steel & metal pens, penholders, letter clips, ticket hooks, shelf suspenders, drawing pins, stationers' sundries, etc, 1911. Trade Catalogs. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Thomas J. Watson Library. (b1834382x) | Hinks, Wells & Co. had lofty goals for this “greatest good” line of writing instruments.

Edvabski (Firm). Album de fourrures, 1906. Trade Catalogs. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Thomas J. Watson Library. (b16868304) | The weather in New York lately makes us want to wear everything pictured in this 1906 Edvabski fur catalog. #winter

Broderies, Russes, Tartares 1749, Plate 021. The Costume Institute Fashion Plates.The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Gift of Woodman Thompson (b17520939) | A 1749 engraving of “An Ambassador of Siam."

Bergdorf Goodman sketches: Gowns 1934-1939. Costume Institute Bergdorf Goodman Sketches, 1929-1952. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Costume Institute (b17508952) | Bergdorf Goodman Fashion Sketches: Gowns 1934-1939 @Bergdorf Goodman #bergdorfgoodman #fashion

[Photographs of a binding of] Calendrier belgique, curieux et utile: contenant les evenemens historiques sur les jours de l'an, et les travaux à faire dans les jardins en chaque mois de l'année: la description des tableaux remarquables, que l'on trouve dans la ville de Gand, avec les noms des peintres: pour l'annee, 1771. Bookbinding and Book Collecting. Rare Books in the Thomas J. Watson Library. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Gift of Jayne Wrightsman (b16926420) More

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Clans of the Scottish Highlands 1847 Plates 1-54, Plate 027, 1847. The Costume Institute Fashion Plates. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Gift of Stanley A.Weeks, 1989-91 (b17520939) | A member of the MacInnes clan seems to have forgotten his shoes on the way to battle. #scotland

Kameda Bōsai, (Japanese, 1752–1826). Mountains of the Heart (Kyōchūzan), 1816. Japanese Illustrated Books. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Department of Asian Art. Gift of Mary and James G. Wallach Family Foundation Gift, 2013 (b18492204) | A woodblock print from Mountains of the Heart, a Japanese illustrated book, 1816. #woodblockprint #edoperiod #japaneseblockprint #metmuseum

Object inventory card number P7104 with description, purchase, provenance, and/or sale information, Brummer Gallery (New York, N.Y.), 1930. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Cloisters Library and Archives (b16669009) | An object inventory card from the Brummer Gallery Records. The card depicts a painting of the Madonna and child and information about its purchase, provenance and sale information.#metmuseum #brummergallery

Kerosene and gasoline lighting systems: for the illumination of stores, residences, halls, opera houses, churches, streets, boulevards, parks, wharves, railway stations, etc.: 1915-1916 /Nagel-Chase Mfg. Co., 1915. Trade Catalogs. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Thomas J. Watson Library (b11772153) | One of the ornate lighting fixtures from the 1915 Nagel-Chase catalog.

Bergdorf Goodman sketches: Downs 1934-1939. Bergdorf Goodman sketches: Downs 1934-1939. Costume Institute Bergdorf Goodman Sketches, 1929-1952. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Costume Institute (b17508952) @Bergdorf Goodman #bergdorfgoodman #fashion

New York City's latest fall and winter styles for 1906-1907: catalogue no. 42 /Siegel Cooper Co., 1906. . Trade Catalogs. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Thomas J. Watson Library. (b17346654) | A selection of “Winter Leggins” from the 1906-7 Siegel Cooper Co. catalog. #winter

Women 1921, Plate 061. Fashion plates, 1790-1929. The Costume Institute Fashion Plates. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Gift of Sally Victor (b17509853) | Bergdorf Goodman Sketches Gowns from 1934-1939 Bergdorf Goodman #bergdorfgoodman #fashion

Ludwig Knaus: Photographien nach Originalen des Meisters, 1881. Rare Books in The Metropolitan Museum of Art Libraries. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Thomas J. Watson Library (b11490263) #photography More

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Women 1921, Plate 034. Fashion plates, 1790-1929. The Costume Institute Fashion Plates. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Gift of Sally Victor (b17509853) | “La belle dame sans merci” #fashion

Mardi Gras 1, Plate 069. Fashion plates, 1790-1929. The Costume Institute Fashion Plates. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Gift of Woodman Thompson (b17509853) | Good costume idea for #MardiGras! #fashion

Bergdorf Goodman sketches: Downs 1934-1939. Costume Institute Bergdorf Goodman Sketches, 1929-1952. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Costume Institute (b17508952) Bergdorf Goodman #bergdorfgoodman #fashion

Women 1900-1914, Plate 072. Fashion plates, 1790-1929. Costume Institute Fashion Plates. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Gift of Leo Van Witsen (b17509853) | Coats and jackets for the stylish woman of the 1900s.

Home book of fashions, 1917. Trade Catalogs. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Thomas J. Watson Library (887793751) | All you need is a sewing machine and a lot of patience: Do-it-yourself military-type clothing, as presented in a 1917 Ladies’ Home Journal pattern book. #sewing #patterns

Women 1800-1819 Part 1, Plate 069. Fashion plates, 1790-1929. The Costume Institute Fashion Plates. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Gift of Woodman Thompson (b17509853) | Winter whites. #fashion

[Herbst und Winter-Saison, 1925-1926]. Trade Catalogs. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Thomas J. Watson Library (b17488205) | Four steps to elegant dressing in the Fall and Winter, from 1908-1937. #winterfashion #swiss

Bloomingdales: Diary 1910 and catalog, giving prices and details of high grade merchandize and various other interesting information / Bloomingdale Bros. Trade Catalogs. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Thomas J. Watson Library (b16772611) | Was Zoolak the Kombucha of the 1910s #bloomingdales #zoolak

Picture Book of Flowers of the Four Seasons (Ehon shiki no hana 絵本四季花): [volume 2], 1801. Japanese Illustrated Books. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Department of Asian Art. Rogers Fund, 1918 (b17995024) |Two Edo-period women shiver as they admire some flowers in a spread from Ehon shiki no hana. #winter

Women 1921, Plate 034, 1921. The Costume Institute Fashion Plates. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Gift of Sally Victor (b17509853) | An Asian-influenced fashion plate from 1921. #artdeco

Picture Book with Playful Poems for the Young God Ebisu (Ehon waka Ebisu 絵本龢謌夷), 1792. Japanese Illustrated Books. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Department of Asian Art. Rogers Fund, 1918 (b17995048) | Japan During the Edo period in Japan, sometimes trained monkeys performed on the streets. #winter #snow #Japan

[Album of Egyptian and Turkish photographs. Volume 1/assembled by Rudolf H. and Lulu Reinhart in 1906 on their wedding trip], 1906. Rare Books in The Metropolitan Museum of Art Libraries. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Thomas J. Watson Library (b1051820_v1_018) | In 1906, Egypt was a perfect honeymoon destination for Rudolf H. and Lulu Reinhart