EditorialFabric fragment with clavus, Coarse natural-colored linen fabric fragment consisting of two pieces sewn together, on which a multi-colored (yellow, red, dark blue, light blue, black) clavus is sewn. In the center of the clavus is a stylized flower owl ...
EditorialHair comb of imitation tortoise with ajour worked back with fanning leaf motif, three teeth, with a flower between each leaf. Three teeth., anonymous, Netherlands (possibly), c. 1890 - c. 1900, celluloid (cellulosic), cellulose acetate, polishing, h 16...
EditorialWall arm with back plate with the arms of the Spiegel family, The back plate is shaped like a shield with a broad edge of one another and behind each other along curly volutes, some smooth, decorated with leaves, others with a structure of rows of sphe...
EditorialElongated scarf of black silk machine lace with vine leaves, Scarf of black machine lace, imitation of Chantilly lace. The thicker contour threads are added by hand. Elongated rectangular model with a straight line in midfield of a repeating flower bra...
EditorialFishing scoop with the Clifford family crest, The trapezoidal, slightly curved, short-edged scoop is cut open with a symmetrical pattern of fanning gnats in which ovals. The scoop has an engraved double fillet edge on the top and is connected on a shor...
EditorialFragment of tobacco pipe, Fragment of tobacco pipe with floral fanning motif with flower dots. Of the excavations at Hofstede Arentsburg 1827-1831 under the supervision of Professor Reuvens, anonymous, c. 1400 - c. 1950, pipe clay, l 4.0 cm × w 2.0 cm...
EditorialBobbin lace collar with three lattice medallions, On a fine lattice ground, a Mechelen ground (also known as ice ground), symmetrical, triangular medallions are crowned in and out and filled with leaf rosette. Below and above are smaller reserves, incl...
EditorialCream jug of silver on three curved legs with fanning motif that is continued in the driven decoration on the wall. Wide spout and S-shaped curved ear, Oval cream jug of silver. The jug rests on 3 curved legs, each of which is crowned by a fluttering m...
EditorialBris? fan with gold lacquer on a green lacquer stock with a central cartouche in which figures in a landscape or garden with pavilions, surrounded by leaf and flower motifs. On the front: within the central cartouche a landscape with weeping willow, ba...
EditorialCotton seat cover with Goslinga coat of arms, Unlined multi-colored leaning coat of arms. In the midfield an oval shield with the Goslinga weapon in the center, in the four corners a flower bouquet in a pot on foot. Trees squeezed into the edges with f...
EditorialWall arm with back plate with the arms of the Spiegel family, The back plate is shaped like a shield with a broad edge of one another and behind each other along curling volutes, some smooth, decorated with leaves, others with a structure of rows of sp...
EditorialEbony chair, Ebony chair covered with, later applied, green silk with flower basket motifs. The bent front legs on bobbins are decorated with stitching on the corners, the hind legs lean backwards. The front line carries a heart-shaped ornament in the ...
EditorialBouquet holder of carved and open-worked ivory adorned with cut steel beads, consisting of a stem with cannelures, a bud of accanthus leaves and palmettes on which fanning, pointed leaves closing with a loose ivory ring, Bouquet holder (posyholder, por...
EditorialLight blue silk dress with stripes of pairs of fanning flowers, adornment with quilted edges, along the hem in links and on the body in five stripes, Wedding dress made of light turquoise silk with stripes arranged in pairs of fan-shaped flowers. Padde...
EditorialAn anti-Catholic illustration blaming the Catholics for the Great Fire of London. The Pope is shown fanning the flames of London with a pair of bellows, and there are various scenes of conspirators with fire balls, including Robert Hubert, a Frenchman ...
EditorialIn his sons’ absence the king's body is put in a cauldron of oil, with attendants fanning it reverently, while in the durbar hall ministers and Brahmins debate what to do, on either side of the vacant throne. Vasi??ha tells four messengers, whose...
EditorialFestival of Isis, with minister fanning the sacred flame with flabellum and second minister with sword or scepter. Devotees playing sistrum, horns and drums. Copperplate engraving by Tommaso Piroli from his Antiquities of Herculaneum (Antichita di Erco...
EditorialGhiyath Shahi offered dishes. The Ni'matnama-i Nasir al-Din Shah. A manuscript o. 1495 - 1505. Cooking meat. Ghiyath Shahi is seated in a tiled garden pavilion with trees in the background and a round pool in the centre. A male cook attends to the stov...
EditorialAn anti-Catholic illustration blaming the Catholics for the Great Fire of London. The Pope is shown fanning the flames of London with a pair of bellows, and there are various scenes of conspirators with fire balls, including Robert Hubert, a Frenchman ...
EditorialA map of New York, with a plan of Central Park. The Empire State [New York] ... ([With a Plan of] the Central Park, New York City. [Surrounded with Pictures, Vignettes, a History of New York, etc.]). New York : Ensign, Bridgman & Fanning, [1862?]. Sour...
EditorialHunting. The Ni'matnama-i Nasir al-Din Shah. A manuscript o. 1495 - 1505. Sultan Ghiyath al-Din going out hunting with the necessities. Ghiyath Shahi, riding a skewbald horse, possibly arriving at his camp. Landscape of heavy vegetation. Servants with ...
Editorial'The beauty of the earthenware vessels in which they cook food'. Engraving of a large cylindrical earthenware pot, with conical base, which rests on a wood fire. The pot contains a liquid mixture, with fish, ears of maize, and probably small fruit. Tw...
EditorialPier Map of the City of New York. Pier Map of the City of New York Surveyed and drawn for the New York Corn Exchange, by J.B. Bacon. (Maps of the Upper Part of the City and of the Centra?l Park). New York : Ensign, Bridgman and Fanning, 1864. Source: ...
EditorialIn his sons’ absence the king's body is put in a cauldron of oil, with attendants fanning it reverently, while in the durbar hall ministers and Brahmins debate what to do, on either side of the vacant throne. Vasi??ha tells four messengers, whose...
EditorialGorget of an Officer of the King's American Regiment, 1781, Anglo-American, Brass, gold, H. 4 3/4 in. (12.07 cm); greatest W. 4 1/2 in. (11.43 cm), Armor Parts-Gorgets, Gorgets are a symbolic vestige of armor worn by officers in the eighteenth century ...
EditorialWoman Fanning Herself After a Bath, Edo period (1615?1868), late 18th century, Japan, Polychrome woodblock print (hashira-e); ink and color on paper, H. 26 1/8 in. (66.4 cm); W. 4 1/2 in. (11.4 cm), Prints, Isoda Koryusai (Japanese, 1735?ca. 1790).
EditorialFestival of Isis, with minister fanning the sacred flame with flabellum and second minister with sword or scepter. Devotees playing sistrum, horns and drums. Copperplate engraving by Tommaso Piroli from his Antiquities of Herculaneum (Antichita di Erco...
EditorialMay 1st in Berlin-East: truck with caricatures of "war mongers" Adenauer and Hitler,fanning the flames of atomic war while the devil looks on. Berlin 1959.
Editorial'Young Woman Fanning a fire with a bird's wing', 1469. The meaning of this curious drawing is unclear. The young woman who lifts the front of her dress and who fans the flames with a bird's wing may symbolically refer to 'fanning the flames of desire'....