Salome, by Perreira da Silva, Salon de Paris, 1914

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German Actress and Suffragette, Hedwig Reicher, as Salome, circa 1905

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Berthe Chantenay, Belle Epoque Stage Performer, in Slave Bracelets, circa 1910

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Belle Epoque Stage Performer, Louise Mante, By Leopold Reutlinger, circa 1900

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Unusual German Postcard Nude with Fraktur ("Gothic Text") on the Reverse Side, circa 1910s

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Mlle. De Wally in Mariotte's Salome, circa 1908, by J. Bioletto of Lyon

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German Actress and Suffragette, Hedwig Reicher, as Salome, on Radium Treated Card, circa 1905

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Italian Nude, Salomé Image by Sborgi, circa 1920s

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La Belle Otéro in Costume Orientale, by Leopold Reutlinger, circa 1900

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Art Nouveau Goddess of the Sun, Costume Orientale, by Reutlinger, circa 1900

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Regina Badet, Belle Epoque Danseuse, in Costume Orientale, circa 1905

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Hedwig Reicher, German Actress of Stage and Film, as Salome, circa 1905

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Louise Mante, Belle Epoque Artiste, in Wonderful Costume Orientale, circa 1900

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Rare, Unidentified Image of Regina Badet in Harem Pants and Slave Bracelets, circa 1905

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Damaged Goods with a Checkered Past, er, Background. Salome Dancer, circa 1905

This card sold so quickly after we placed it for sale that it never even appeared on our blog. (We've been using an automated system to share items in our shop.) But, because we love this image, we wanted to make sure you got a chance to see it.

SOLD Damaged Goods with a Checkered Past, er, Background

Here's the original description for the card:

Absolutely stunning Salome, or Danse Orientale, image. So sadly, this card has really been through the mill. We hope that one of our customers will be able to overlook the condition along the borders of this card and really love this beautiful image, and it is priced accordingly.

For more beautiful cards depicting dancers in Costumes Orientale, please visit our Songs of Salome collection.

La Cavalieri as Salome. Scarce Image by Reutlinger in Fine Condition, circa 1908

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Announcing the Songs of Salome Collection

Today, Red Poulaine is unveiling the Songs of Salome Collection. This stunning ensemble brings together a choice assortment of luscious vintage postcards featuring Art Nouveau headdresses, jewelry, and costumes, with a special emphasis on the depiction of dangerous female seductresses and dancers, of whom Salome is a prime example.

The 1904 Richard Strauss opera Salome, itself based on a German translation of the 1891 Oscar Wilde play, Salomé (written in French to side-step British censorship), has been identified, along with French colonial interests in Africa and Asia, as one possible influence in the development of the oriental dance costume of La Belle Époque.

We here at Red Poulaine have worked very hard to find the most stunning vintage images we can, often spending many hours on any given day in this search. The temptation to hoard the most beautiful images for ourselves was actually the start of this collection, but we find our need to share these images overwhelms that impulse. Lucky you! Because this means that we are opening up a collection that, although small, may just be the most concentrated grouping of Art Nouveau femme fatales inspired by the opera Salome currently available.

And now, for the first time all together on one stage, and with no further ado, we bring you: the Songs of Salome.

Hedwig Reicher as Salome, circa 1905

Mary-Hett with Tiger Skin, Belle Epoque Artiste in Art Nouveau Costume, circa 1900

Dina Van-Brandt, Belle Epoque Artise in Art Nouveau Costume, circa 1905

Les Bijoux, Decorative Art Nouveau Image from Popular French Series, circa 1905

Louise Mante in Art Nouveau Costume, circa 1900

French Dancer Margot Dervilliers in Costume Orientale, circa 1905

Margot Dervilliers in Sheer Art Nouveau Dance Costume

French Artiste Laparcerie in Classic Art Nouveau Headress circa 1900

Art Nouveau Flowered Headdress circa 1900

French Artiste D'Alencon in Fantastic Art Nouveau Headress circa 1900

Mata Hari's Arch Rival Suzy Deguez circa 1905 by Paul Boyer

Frau Von Hochenburger, Jugendstil Epoche German Artiste, circa 1900

French Artiste Girard in Classical Art Nouveau Costume with Cameo Headdress circa 1905

Gerda Walde, Viennese Opera Singer in flowered Jugenstil Epoche Headdress, circa 1905

Parisian Dancer Hagino in Costume Orientale, circa 1905

Gorgeous Art Nouveau Card Featuring Heglon and Madia in Headdresses circa 1905

Mme. Heglon, Opera Star in Gorgeous Art Nouveau Headdress, circa 1900

Opera Diva L. Preusser in Costume for Konig Niccolo, circa 1905

La Floramye and Partenaire, circa 1905

Walery Image of Charming French Dancer in Costume Orientale, circa 1905

Mlle Lippson at the Cigale, in Hand-Tinted Art Nouveau Costume, circa 1905

Lise Fleuron, French Stage Performer, circa 1900

Lise Fleuron, French Stage Performer in Costume, circa 1900

Lotte Sarrow, Actress of the Jugendstil Epoche, as Salome, circa 1905

Louise Blot at the Olympia Theater in Berlin, circa 1905

Lucy Gerard, French Stage Actress in Art Nouveau Costume, circa 1905

Mlle. Margyll, Belle Epoque Artiste in Fabulous Art Nouveau Headdress, circa 1905

Mila Davire in Art Nouveau Headdress with Poppies, circa 1905

Miri Voclesca Danseuse Bohemienne circa 1905 by Louis Martin

Myrta Forenza in Classical Art Nouveau Costume, circa 1905

Stacia Napierkowska Russian Star of French Silent Film circa 1910s/20s

Nina Barkis in Wonderful Art Nouveau Costume Orientale, circa 1905

Very Cute Young Woman in Art Nouveau Dance Costume, circa 1905

Lovely Artiste with Sweet Smile in Art Nouveau Dance Costume.

La Belle Otero in Danse Orientale Costume circa 1905

Image of Salome circa 1910

Head Shot of Opera Diva Louise Mante in Gorgeous Art Nouveau Jewelry, circa 1900

Regina Badet in Marvelous Belle Epoque Dance Costume, circa 1905

Hedwig Reicher as Salome in Hand-Colored Image circa 1905

Sjemile Fatme, Odalisque to the Sultan, circa 1910

Cecile Sorel in Art Nouveau Costume, circa 1905

Mlle. Spinelli in Art Nouveau Dance Costume circa 1905

Ruth St. Radhjah, Belle Epoque Dancer and Adventuress in Meditative Pose

Mlle. Suquez in Classical Art Nouveau Costume with Lyre

Hand-Tinted Image of Charming Young Artiste in Art Nouveau Headdress circa 1905

Cute Belle Epoque Artiste in the Ubiquitous Peacock Crown, circa 1900

All postcards in this post are available for sale in the Red Poulaine shop on Etsy.