Sarah Archer

@sarcher.bsky.social

5080 Followers 922 Following

Author of The Midcentury Kitchen, Midcentury Christmas, and Catland. Writing in Architectural Digest, Antiques, and elsewhere. https://www.sarah-archer.com/

Asian Fusion cat food cardboard container of small pink and white cans
The Greater Philadelphia Gamer Symphony Orchestra presents: GPSO's small ensemble showcase
Nadia Comaneci dismounting from the uneven bars at the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal
📸: an assemblage of objects from California Design 10 organized by Eudorah Moore at the Pasadena Art Museum, 1968. San Maloof cradle in the background
A textile pattern featuring a purple, red, green and yellow bouquet of flowers in a clear vase on a white background
The cover of Beyoncé’s album Cowboy Carter showing the artist sitting on a gray horse in a cowboy ensemble holding a US flag
Portrait of Queen Mary I of England, by Antonis Mor, 1554; she’s wearing a brown and gold dress and holding a red rose seated on a red and gold Dagobert-style chair.
Star Trek The Next Generation character Tasha Yar shown as a hologram against a blue sky and green landscape
The Philadelphia 6ABC action news van parked on a south Philadelphia street
"The Big Duck" on Long Island, built in 1931 by farmer Martin Maurer to sell ducks and duck eggs, it's the eponymous duck in the "duck vs. decorated shed" hypothesis by Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown.
MORRIS S POVICH MEN & BOYS CLOTHING SHOP Sign painted on the side of a red brick building in white
A white and orange cat reaching through balustrades to swat at a feather toy
The finale of Ghostbusters in which Zuul appears in human form atop a haunted skyscraper
A group of vintage dolls in an antiques shop with one resembling Nancy Reagan front and center
Two young women in blue prairie dresses outside in the countryside
Fireworks seen from a waterfront park
A Partial Timeline 1969: Jessica McClintock buys Gunne Sax 1970: "Gloria the Great's Patchwork Bedroom" February 1970 issue of Vogue 1971: Erica Wilson's needlepoint show premieres on public television 1973: Roe v. Wade; Betty Friedan debates Phyllis Schlafly 1974: "Little House on the Prairie" premieres on NBC 1975: The Stepford Wives film premieres; "Wonder Woman" premieres on ABC 1976: Bicentennial celebrations; Martha Stewart launches catering business
A magazine cover for “Liberty” in yellow letters with an illustration of a cat in front of a white curtain
An orange cat lounging on dark gray stairs looking serious, even sultry
An ANTIQUES shop flag in red white and blue with black text in a not-quaint parking lot quaint New England town.
An orange cat peering through the balusters of a gray and white staircase
A lobster figurine for sale in an antique shop in Maine
Two orange and white cats in a green fabric bed with an upper and lower section
Data (from Star Trek: TNG) standing next to a Romulan officer with a gun; the cc reads “perhaps you would be happier in another job”
Totally unironic AI overview of the Google response to the question of why Congress doesn’t eat the other two branches of government
A Persian cat with a paper coffee filter around her neck looking very Elizabethan and annoyed
A women in a black and red ensemble including a red beret talking with a younger couple about an apartment rental
A woman with dark hair and dark eyes wearing a red beret, red eyeglasses and a black leather jacket speaking outdoors to a man
A fluffy orange cat on a skateboard wearing single pane sunglasses with gray frames
A stained glass ceiling dome in four wedge shaped sections of yellow and blue glass
Cut paper silhouettes framed against a gold and blue patterned wallpaper, Materials: Mud, paint, gold pigment, cut paper, salvaged china and furniture from Glen Foerd
The bright green Better Homes and Gardens decorating book cover from 1968 showing a corner of a house living room section with a side chair, lamp, credenza abs wall of illuminated glass vessels with plants.
Group of Thirteen Vintage and Antique Toothbrush Holders Estimate: $200 - $400 Starting bid: $100
Black and white photo of three young women in cotton dresses and saddle shoes working on unfired ceramic vessels in the studio at Penland, 1940s.
A stylized, folk art-inspired woodcut design depicting a woman in a floral gown holding a plate and a vase of flowers with the words INTERIORS, FABRICS, FURNITURE for Frankl Galleries, by Ilonka Karasz, 1925.
Edie Beal wearing a black leotard and blue and red head scarf waving her American flag in the entryway of Grey Gardens (blue painted staircase)
A cuisinart food processor spotlight dramatically on a dark background with a single beefsteak tomato at its side, from the San Francisco Gourmet Show, 1985, Mark Harrison collections, Hagley Museum and Library
The cover of Nylon and You from Dupont, late 1950s, black and white illustration on pink background showing three women in day dresses seated in a living room perusing various articles of clothing
Two fondue pots with savory dips, one red with white flower decoration and one white, against a red background. Forks hovering above each hold bread and beef respectively. From “Fondue Gourmet International,” 1969.
A bright yellow kitchen with brown blank and silver geometric wallpaper on the backsplash and ceiling 📸 Better Homes and Gardens Decorating Book, 1975
An orange and white cat snuggled in a cardboard box that’s exactly his size
Dancing in memory of Jerry Theodossiou, Lydia’s Olympian dance studio sign
A vintage (late 1950s) print ad for anti nausea medication Morndine showing a woman in a house coat frying eggs and bacon near a coffee percolator
A vintage sign on a two story building with faux brick that says Chicken Supreme
Iranian Forces Say They Closed Strait of Hormuz • Iran's military command blamed the U.S., saying it failed to prevent Israel from violating the cease-fire in Lebanon. • Mediators in Pakistan said "technical talks" between the U.S. and Iran to end the war would be held on Sunday
A very alert looking cat statuette from ancient Egypt cast in bronze with paws in front and tail curled around the right front foot.
A colorful 1960s kitchen with white blue and orange cabinets, a green countertop and psychedelic floral wallpaper. There’s a white telephone, a kitchen aid mixer on a pullout shelf and a striped Catherineholm bowl.
An art deco style playbill from The New Moon, 1929, featuring a pair of stylized courtiers with horns flanking a crest decorated with a 1920s-style woman’s face
Detail from “Christ’s Charge to Peter” (from the Second Edition of the Acts of the Apostles Tapestry Series) showing beautifully rendered textiles in a woven tapestry and depictions of feet shod with sandals.
An orange and white cat inside a cardboard box looking coquettish
Actress Jane Fonda from her 1980s Workout era seated on the floor at her wearing a yellow leotard and leg warmers with her toes pointed in the air
📸 Girard Foundation, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 1970s, from Herman Miller’s Ideas Magazine “Girard’s moment in the sun” by Molly Singleterry.
A 1948 wallpaper pattern comprised of stylized geometric shapes forming different fields of plants and flowers with a red farmhouse in the background
A scene from Star City showing a woman typing on a Soviet keyboard with Cyrillic letters