Olive Custance
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Olive Eleanor Custance, styled as Lady Alfred Douglas, was an English poet and wife of Lord Alfred Douglas. She was part of the aesthetic movement of the 1890s, and a contributor to The Yellow Book.
Photograph by Beresford, 1902
Aestheticism
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Aestheticism was an art movement in the late 19th century that valued the appearance of literature, music, fonts, and the arts over their functions. According to Aestheticism, art should be produced t
Olive Custance
…Custance (7 February 1874 – 12 February 1944), styled as Lady Alfred Douglas, was an English poet and wife of Lord Alfred Douglas. She was part of the aesthetic movement of the 1890s, and a contributor to The Yellow Book. She was born at 12 John Street, Berkeley Square, Mayfair, in London, the eldest daughter and heiress…
The Peacock Room, designed in the Anglo-Japanese style by James Abbott McNeill Whistler and Edward Godwin, one of the most famous and comprehensive examples of Aesthetic interior design
Canaries by Albert Joseph Moore, ca. 1875–1880. Moore was among a group of artists whose work was exhibited at the Grosvenor Gallery in London.
“Lady Lilith” by Dante Gabriel Rossetti
Aesthetic Brass Table by Bradley & Hubbard Company (see A Brass Menagerie, Metalwork of the Aesthetic Movement)