EditorialAmerican Redstart - Virginian Hornbeam or Front-wood Tree, Flycatcher (Setophaga ruticilla, Muscicapa ruticilla), hornbeam or hornbeam (Carpinus), Signed: J.J. Audubon, J.T. Bowen, lithograph, Pl. 68 (vol. 1), Audubon, John James (drawn); Bowen, J. T. ...
EditorialLongcase clock, Clockmaker: Hermann Achenbach (German, born 1730, active before 1759?92), Clockmaker: Johann Schmidt (German, 1735?1795), Case by David Roentgen (German, Herrnhaag 1743?1807 Wiesbaden, master 1780), Marquetry panel by Reusch, ca. 1774?7...
EditorialBox; Attributed to Andr?-Charles Boulle, French, 1642 - 1732, master before 1666, and perhaps Gobelins Manufactory, French, active 1662 - present; Paris, France, Europe; about 1675 - 1680; White oak veneered with amaranth, barberry, bloodwood, natural ...
EditorialHornbeam, Carpinus species, and Cynosbatus or Canirubus, Eglantine rose, Rosa canina. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicer's Krauterbuch, or Herbal, Frankfurt, 1557. This from a 17th century pirate edition or a...
EditorialLongcase clock, Clockmaker: Hermann Achenbach (German, born 1730, active before 1759?92), Clockmaker: Johann Schmidt (German, 1735?1795), Case by David Roentgen (German, Herrnhaag 1743?1807 Wiesbaden, master 1780), Marquetry panel by Reusch, ca. 1774?7...
EditorialLight Crossbow (Schnepper) and Lever from the Armory of Moritzburg Castle, 1728, Dresden, Saxony, German, Dresden, Steel, wood (walnut and possibly hornbeam), staghorn, horn, wool, silk, crossbow, L. 27 15/16 in. (70.9 cm); W. 26 3/4 in. (67.9 cm); Wt....
EditorialHornbeam, Carpinus species, and Cynosbatus or Canirubus, Eglantine rose, Rosa canina. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicer's Krauterbuch, or Herbal, Frankfurt, 1557. This from a 17th century pirate edition or a...
EditorialBox; Attributed to Andr?-Charles Boulle, French, 1642 - 1732, master before 1666, and perhaps Gobelins Manufactory, French, active 1662 - present; Paris, France, Europe; about 1675 - 1680; White oak veneered with amaranth, barberry, bloodwood, natural ...