Botanical illustration by <n>Christian Sigmund Froberger</n>, 1713. From the <n>National Library CZ</n>.

Interior of <n>Valerio Olgiati</n>'s <n>Villa Alem</n>, featuring an <n>Akari UF3-Q Floor Lamp</n>.

The <n>Whyte Building</n> at the <n>Judd Foundation</n> in Marfa, Texas. Photo by <n>Matthew Millman</n>.

<n>Shoji</n> lamp by <n>TISSILENT</n>, 2016.

Kitchen at <n>Casa Ohana</n> by <n>Vertebral</n>. Photo by <n>Ricardo de la Concha</n>.

<n>Wohnhaus Bläsi</n> in Basel, designed by <n>Wallimann Reichen</n>. Photo by <n>Willem Pab</n>.

Interior of <n>Ideal Restaurant</n> in Bogotá by <n>Lorenzo Botero</n> and <n>Martín Mendoza</n>. Photo by <n>Alejandro Arango</n>.

<n>John White Alexander</n>'s 1895 painting, <n>Repose</n>, depicts his wife, <n>Elizabeth Alexander</n>.

Interior of the <n>Khas Mahal</n> at <n>Agra Fort</n>, built by Mughal emperor <n>Shah Jahan</n>.

<n>A Group Of Carnations</n> (1804), painted by <n>Peter Charles Henderson</n> for <n>Robert John Thornton</n>'s <n>Temple of Flora</n>.

A mid-17th century British embroidery depicting the biblical story of <n>Esther and Ahasuerus</n>.

The <n>Paul Rudolph Residence</n> in New Haven, designed by architect <n>Paul Rudolph</n> in 1961.

The <n>Green Marble House</n> in Tuscany by architect <n>Vincenzo De Cotiis</n>. Photo by <n>Ambroise Tezenas</n>.

A <n>botanical illustration</n> of a <n>dandelion</n>, c. 1905.

<n>A Swooning Lady</n> (ca. 1810), an ink and watercolor on paper from Rajasthan, India, depicting the heroine <n>Krishna Kumari</n>.

<n>Two Lovers in a Landscape</n> (ca. 1630), a painting attributed to <n>Riza `Abbasi</n>.

The <n>Wohnhaus Bläsi</n> by <n>Estrada Reichen Architekten</n>, 2021.

Fashion designer <n>Rick Owens</n> in his Venice home. Photo by <n>François Halard</n> for <n>Architectural Digest</n>.

A staircase in the <n>Palácio Quitandinha</n> in Petrópolis, Brazil, a 1940s example of <n>Hollywood Regency</n> architecture.

A French <n>bed</n> with embroidered velvet coverlet and tapestry valances, dating to ca. 1690-1715.

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Interior of the <n>Richelieu Apartment</n> by <n>Festen Architecture</n>. Photo by <n>Benoit Linero</n>.

<n>A Group of Auriculas</n> (1803), painted by <n>Peter Henderson</n> for <n>Robert John Thornton</n>'s <n>The Temple of Flora</n>.

The <n>Keralan House</n> by <n>Axel Vervoordt</n> and <n>Studio Mumbai</n>. Photo by <n>Frederik Vercruysse</n>.

The <n>Library Sofa</n> designed by <n>Rose Tarlow</n>.

<n>Resort Corte Renèe</n> in Verona, Italy, designed by <n>Bricolo Falsarella</n>. Photo by <n>Pietro Savorelli</n>.

The <n>Birch Tree House</n> in Melbourne by <n>Susi Leeton Architects + Interiors</n>. Photo by <n>Felix Mooneeram</n>.

Interior of designer <n>Antonio Sciortino</n>'s home in Milan. Photo by <n>Manolo Yllera</n>.

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The <n>Mercurius House</n> renovation in Belgium by <n>Studio Contekst</n>. Photo by <n>Piet-Albert Goethals</n>.

A 1933 scrapbook page by artist <n>Hannah Höch</n>, featuring dancers <n>Gret Palucca</n> and <n>Vera Skoronel</n>.