EditorialBeaker Vase, Faience beaker vase, painted in blue with cartouches in which scenes from the faience company and a shoemaker. the caption to the first scene reads: D 'hairdresser is his duty to dry // and leave. // So the oven can enjoy everything // Kin...
EditorialHandiwork with embroidered blue flowers, Handiwork with blue flowers in Jugendstil, on a gray linen rectangle, in outlines and with various black work fillings. Belonging to a series of eight white and ten colored handicrafts, made by Aagje Tiket for o...
EditorialHere you see, dear youth! the carpenter, the bricklayer, the blacksmith and the shoemaker employed. What does everyone need for their handiwork? (...) (title on object) Print magazine for the youth (series title on object) Crafts (series title on objec...
EditorialQuillwork Sconce, 1720?40, Possibly made in Redding, Connecticut, United States, American, Paper, shells, wire, glass, 28 3/4 x 10 7/8 in. (73 x 27.6 cm), Natural Substances, Possibly Ruth Read, A fragile form of handiwork, quillwork consists of narrow...
EditorialQuillwork Sconce, 1720?40, Possibly made in Redding, Connecticut, United States, American, Paper, shells, wire, glass, 28 3/4 x 10 7/8 in. (73 x 27.6 cm), Natural Substances, Possibly Ruth Read, A fragile form of handiwork, quillwork consists of narrow...
EditorialSewing steps, ca. 1842, Made in New Lebanon, New York, United States, American, Shaker, Pine, 11 x 9 1/4 x 10 3/4 in. (27.9 x 23.5 x 27.3 cm), Furniture, Sewing steps provided a resting place for the feet of Shaker sisters while they were seated during...