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A 15th-century badge from the <n>Musée de Cluny</n> collection. Photo by <n>Jean-Gilles Berizzi</n>.

A page from the book <n>Keunyser</n> by artist <n>Jack Whitefield</n>, self-published in 2023.

Artist <n>Ruth Asawa</n> with her wire sculptures in her studio, c. 1957. Photo by <n>Imogen Cunningham</n>.

Cover for the book <n>Jigokubana</n> by Japanese S&M writer <n>Oniroku Dan</n>.

A spread from the book <n>정사록</n> by designer <n>정사록 sarok</n>.

Abstract graphic from <n>Smarana Healing</n>.

A look from the <n>Olivier Theyskens</n> Fall/Winter 1998 collection. Photo by <n>Etienne Tordoir</n>.

In 1998, Olivier Theyskens Reinvented the Fashion Goth

Experimental work with roughs, xeroxes, and found things at <n>photo access</n>.

An <n>OJAS</n> audio system designed by <n>Devon Turnbull</n>.

14th-century Italian <n>Reliquary Cross</n> with engravings of the <n>Virgin Mary</n> and <n>Saint John the Baptist</n>.

Reliquary Cross,13th century -Byzantine or Russian. This cross is an encolpion—a work made to hold relics and to be worn, hung from a chain, on the chest. It opens like a locket and is richly decorated and inscribed inside and out.

A 1970 portrait of Palestinian militant <n>Leila Khaled</n>.

A <n>Brutalist coffee table</n> made of porous volcanic stone with a raw edge.

<n>Sandwomen</n>, a 1983 sculpture by artist <n>Ana Mendieta</n>.

Vintage <n>JBL 4648A</n> speaker. Photo by <n>Iwan Arjanto</n>.

<n>Crucifixion and Pietà</n>, a <n>Polish folk art</n> <n>woodcut</n> from circa 1831.

<n>Jane Birkin</n> in <n>Agnès Varda</n>'s 1988 film, <n>Jane B. for Agnes V.</n>

A <n>twenty-stranded braid</n> from Fraga, Spain, published in 1930.

A 17th-century nautilus shell carved with floral scrolls by Dutch artist <n>Cornelis Bellekin</n>.

<n>Blank book cover</n> printed with metal type ornaments, c. 1800. From the <n>St Bride Library</n> collection.

A spread from <n>A Book for Disappearance</n>, published by <n>cthulhu books</n>, an outcome of the 2024 <n>Postnatural Independent Program</n>.

A <n>Hissey Miyake</n> parody ad from the 1992 magazine <n>Vanity Fur</n>, published by <n>Conde Nasté</n>.

An example of parchment craft from the book <n>Parchment Craft</n> by <n>Jane Wilson</n>.

Devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. 16

Cover of the 1964 private press book <n>Hana to Himitsu</n> by <n>Shinichi Hoshi</n> and <n>Makoto Wada</n>.

A <n>Daiso</n> 'Natural Sound' recordable MiniDisc.