Sandara

Custom metallic curtain by <n>TissageBabou</n> for the <n>Maison Lemoine</n>, designed by <n>Rem Koolhaas</n>.

A still from the 1967 film <n>La Collectionneuse</n>, directed by <n>Éric Rohmer</n>.

Hanging plants arranged around an interior skylight, from a post by <n>Moon to Moon</n>.

Happy Hanging House Plants (From Moon to Moon)

Photograph by <n>Reuben Wu</n> of the <n>Carrizo Plain National Monument</n> in California.

A gown from <n>Monique Lhuillier</n>'s Spring 2011 Ready-to-Wear collection.

Unique solid gold rings and necklaces by jewelry brand <n>Simuero</n>.

A 4th century BC <n>Bronze comb with swans</n>, also known as the fictional <n>Aphrodite's Hairbrush</n>.

An <n>Aporrhais pespelecani</n> seashell from Portugal, 2005. Photo by <n>George Bazios</n>.

The <n>Altana Project</n> in Perth, Australia, by architect and photographer <n>MORQ</n>, 2019.

<n>Daria Plotnikova</n> and <n>Юлия</n> for <n>Haze & Glory</n>. Photo by <n>Natalie Karpushenko</n>.

All photos by Theresa Cowan: 1 – Two-million-year-old horste tooth and pyrite / 2 – Herkimer diamond and vintage brass necklace / 3 – Grey agate, freeform chrysoprase, and pyrite necklace / 4 – Brazilian kyanite and Brazilian ‘oro’ geode necklace / 5 – Magnesite necklace

<n>Carolinapecten eboreus</n>, a fossil scallop shell from North Carolina. Photo by <n>James St. John</n>.