EditorialTabletop of red veined marble, Tabletop of red veined marble with a profiled border on the front and sides., anonymous, France, 1700 - 1725, marble (rock), w 86.5 cm ? d 52.5 cm ? d 3.5 cm ? w 40 kg.
EditorialWall table in gilt oak with red veined marble top, Wall table in gilt oak. The angled legs rest on hooves and, like the X-shaped cross, consist of volutes, decorated with acanthus leaves and bell cords, a rosette in hexagon at the intersection. The tab...
EditorialFox-tongued melastome, Melastoma sanguineum (Red-veined melastoma, Melastoma sanguinea). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Weddell after a drawing by John Curtis for Samuel Curtis' continuation of William Curtis' Botanical Magazine, London, 1821.
EditorialRed-veined dock, Rumex sanguineus, native to Europe, Africa and Asia. Handcoloured copperplate botanical engraving from Johannes Zorn's "Afbeelding der Artseny-Gewassen," Jan Christiaan Sepp, Amsterdam, 1796. Zorn first published his illustrated medica...