Spring Tones

<n>Tulips, N.Y.C.</n>, a 1977 photograph by <n>Robert Mapplethorpe</n>.

<n>The Bacchante</n> (1853) by artist <n>Jean-Léon Gérôme</n>.

A detail from <n>John William Waterhouse</n>'s 1903 painting, <n>Echo and Narcissus</n>.

<n>Amalion</n>, a 1951 drawing by <n>J.R.R. Tolkien</n>.

<n>The Song of Songs</n> (c. 1892), a <n>Symbolist</n> painting by <n>Gustave Moreau</n>.

Poster for a <n>William Morris</n> exhibition featuring the 1916 textile design <n>Cock Pheasant</n> by <n>John H. Dearle</n>.

A detail from <n>The Unicorn Rests in a Garden</n> tapestry at <n>The Metropolitan Museum of Art</n>.

The <n>Rossia pacifica</n>, also known as the stubby squid. Photo by <n>David Andrew</n>, 2011.

A sculptor at work in <n>Mie Kim Studio</n>, November 2022.

The Drawing Room at <n>Cragside</n> in Northumberland, designed by <n>Norman Shaw</n> for <n>Lord Armstrong</n>.

<n>Harvest Moon</n>, an illustration by <n>Okamoto Kiichi</n>, 1921.

<n>Leixlip Window</n> at <n>Leixlip Castle</n>, home of <n>Desmond Guinness</n>, photographed by <n>Christopher Simon Sykes</n> c. 1985.

<n>Thistle</n> furnishing fabric designed by <n>Harry Napper</n> for <n>The Silver Studio</n>, c. 1897.

Workers create a large <n>porcelain vat</n> in <n>Jingdezhen</n>, China, 2017. Photo by <n>Kevin Frayer</n>.

A <n>Bergamot</n> fruit, featured by the brand <n>celaeno beauty</n>.

<n>New Flash</n>, a <n>stamp-style</n> tattoo flash sheet by NYC-based artist <n>TQT Tattoo</n>.

A macro photograph of the <n>Chrysiridia rhipheus</n>, or Madagascan sunset moth.

A potter at work in Kumbharwada, Dharavi, Mumbai. Photo by <n>Ganesh Vanare</n>.

<n>All the Gold of Constantinople</n> by artist <n>Ugo Pinson</n>, used as cover art for musician <n>Milord</n>.

Hands shaping <n>earthenware pottery</n>. Photo by <n>Tima Miroshnichenko</n>.