EditorialStove - Metters KFB, Moffat, Green & Cream, circa 1937, Free-standing electric stove made by Metters KFB Pty. Ltd. in Footscray, Victoria, circa 1937. Around the late 1930s, the donor's mother, a wealthy Geelong housewife, purchased this electric stove...
EditorialCushion cupboard with freestanding Corinthian columns and glued with rosewood and ebony, Cupboard, so-called cushion cupboard glued with rosewood and ebony on an oak core. Free-standing Corinthian columns form the corner posts on the front. The middle ...
EditorialMantel clock (pendulum) Pendulum of gilt bronze, decorated with plaques of S?vres, Clock of gilt bronze, decorated with S?vres plaques. The pedestal comes forward twice and this is followed by the central field above it, flanked by plaques with grotesq...
EditorialCommunion dress made of lace embroidery with the lamb on a book, Communion dress made of natural-colored lace embroidery, tulle-through work on machine tulle. Rectangular model. Pattern with a free-standing, slanting pattern of a lamb in an oval wreath...
EditorialChimney made of artificial marble, part of paneling 1626. The chimney has a white-veined, black artificial marble chair with free-standing Tuscan columns on pedestals, placed in front of flat pilasters and bearing consoles. Base and capital are made of...
EditorialAmstoel made of beech wood, painted blue and white. The furniture has a upholstered seat and rests on conical legs with cannelures. The armrest struts are in the form of Tuscan colonets. The armrests have cushions. The back consists of four Tuscan pill...
EditorialWindowpane with Prince Maurits in a praying position, Large window from the monastery of St Agatha near Cuyk. Prince Maurits in gilded armor, with ermine cloak and pleated collar, bareheaded, in a praying position, kneeling on a prayer chair in front o...
EditorialDrinking bowl with allegories of pure and impure love, Drinking bowl on foot, completely gilded. A balustrade stem rises from a curved foot with a raised center, carrying the round dish with a loose cover plate. In the bowl, surrounded by a leaf wreath...
EditorialArmchair whose hinged back posts are crowned by turned vases, Armchair made of walnut with reed cover. The furniture rests on slung legs. The broad, flat front has openwork symmetrical acanthus vines. The seat has stitching of bay leaf, fruits and blos...
EditorialBronze mirror with a support in the form of a draped woman, Classical, mid-5th century B.C., Greek, Bronze, H. 12 5/8', Diameter 5 3/8', Bronzes, The ancient Greeks used mirrors that were held in the hand or stood independently. This free-standing exam...
EditorialCourt chair from VOC on Ambon, Arm chair from Indonesian wood. Backrest and seat covered with reed. Swayed legs, connected by a double Y-shaped cross. The armrest struts and the free-standing back posts are also hurled. The hollowed armrests end in vol...
EditorialThe entrance of Indra Sabha. Indra Sabha is the largest of the Jain caves at Ellora and dates from the 9th century Rashtrakuta period. A simple gateway leads into an open court in the middle of which stands a monolithic temple with a pyramidal superstr...
EditorialView of Indra Sabha, looking outward. The monolithic shrine, with a pyramidal superstructure topped by an octagonal roof, stands in the middle of the inner court of Indra Sabha cave. Beside it are a free-standing elephant and a column with Jain figures...
EditorialDas Avatara. This cave was started as a Buddhist monastery, but in the 8th century was converted into a Hindu sanctuary under the patronage of the Rashtrakuta king Dantidurga (c.730-55). It consists of an open court with a free-standing monolithic mand...
EditorialThe entrance of Indra Sabha. Indra Sabha is the largest of the Jain caves at Ellora and dates from the 9th century Rashtrakuta period. A simple gateway leads into an open court in the middle of which stands a monolithic temple with a pyramidal superstr...
EditorialView of Indra Sabha, looking outward. The monolithic shrine, with a pyramidal superstructure topped by an octagonal roof, stands in the middle of the inner court of Indra Sabha cave. Beside it are a free-standing elephant and a column with Jain figures...
EditorialBronze mirror with a support in the form of a draped woman, Classical, mid-5th century B.C., Greek, Bronze, H. 12 5/8', Diameter 5 3/8', Bronzes, The ancient Greeks used mirrors that were held in the hand or stood independently. This free-standing exam...
EditorialBronze shaft-hole battle axe from tomb 13 decorated with free-standing ducks and snakes. Excavated 1955-60 at Shi-Chai-Shan, Yunnan, China. Western Han Dynasty (2nd or early 1st BCE). Height: 24 cm.
EditorialBronze mirror with a support in the form of a draped woman, Classical, mid-5th century B.C., Greek, Bronze, H. 12 5/8', Diameter 5 3/8', Bronzes, The ancient Greeks used mirrors that were held in the hand or stood independently. This free-standing exam...
EditorialHanging bowl from the Sutton Hoo burial, Anglo-Saxon, late 6th-early 7th century. This once magnificent and highly valued bronze hanging bowl has elaborately ornamented and inlaid hook-mounts, with extra ornamental square mounts in between. Inside, uni...
EditorialBronze shaft-hole battle axe from tomb 13 decorated with free-standing ducks and snakes. Excavated 1955-60 at Shi-Chai-Shan, Yunnan, China. Western Han Dynasty (2nd or early 1st BCE). Height: 24 cm.