EditorialMissal cover with the Ascension of the Virgin Missal band with the Assumption of Mary and the Last Supper, The band consists of a front and a back, both rectangular and both hinged to the curved back. On the inside of the blades there are curved edges ...
EditorialBrazier Chafing Dish, The round chafing dish is provided with a red copper inner box and ring. It is made up of a profiled ring, encased between four C-shaped curved legs. The legs are positioned so that they form the corners of a rectangle. A tab is a...
EditorialBorder of Cut-Work Embroidery Edged with Macrame Strip lace embroidery trimmed with macrame, Strip natural lace embroidery, carved work. Pattern with flowers surrounded by volutes and cartouches, including large rosettes. Cutting edges finished with fe...
EditorialChafing dish with openwork, spherical bowl in twelve sections, The chafing bowl composed of several parts stands on a three-leg base, has a nodus and a spherical bowl, which is divided into twelve sections. These have an engraved and sawn ornament with...
EditorialSquare Shawl. India. Date: 1840-1845. Dimensions: 205.6 x 195.3 cm (81 x 76 7/8 in.). Wool, double interlocking twill tapestry weave, woven in rectangular sections; attached "Harlequin" tabs: pieced twill weaves; embroidered in back and satin stitches;...
EditorialSquare Shawl. India. Date: 1840-1845. Dimensions: 205.6 x 195.3 cm (81 x 76 7/8 in.). Wool, double interlocking twill tapestry weave, woven in rectangular sections; attached "Harlequin" tabs: pieced twill weaves; embroidered in back and satin stitches;...
EditorialSquare Shawl, 1870s, Possibly France or Germany, Saxony, France, Wool and cotton, center of weft-float faced 1:2 'Z' twill weave, patterned areas of warp-float faced 5:1 'S' twill weave with supplementary inner warps and supplementary patterning wefts ...
EditorialLong Shawl, 1800/15, India, India, Wool, double interlocking twill tapestry weave, attached side borders, ends and tabs of pieced twill weaves, main warp fringe, 310 x 139.7 cm (122 x 55 in.).
EditorialLong Shawl, 1840/45, Europe, Europe, Wool, silk and cotton, warp threads dyed in multiple colors prior to weaving, center of weft-float faced 1:3 'S' twill weave, patterned areas of warp-float faced 3:1 'S' twill weave with patterning wefts bound in we...
EditorialShawl, 1867/77, India, India, Wool, patchwork of double interlocking 2:2 'S' twill tapestry weaves, outer border and "Harlequin" tabs of patchwork in 2:2 'S' and 'Z' twill weaves, embroidered in flat, satin, and stem stitches, couching, main warp fring...
EditorialLong Shawl. India. Date: 1855-1865. Dimensions: 333.4 x 144.4 cm (131 1/4 x 56 3/4 in.). Wool, patchwork of double interlocking 2:2 'S' twill tapestry weaves; center of 2:2 'S' twill weave; embroidered in satin, surface satin, and stem stitches; "Harle...
EditorialSquare Shawl. India. Date: 1840-1845. Dimensions: 205.6 x 195.3 cm (81 x 76 7/8 in.). Wool, double interlocking twill tapestry weave, woven in rectangular sections; attached "Harlequin" tabs: pieced twill weaves; embroidered in back and satin stitches;...
EditorialShawl. India. Date: 1867-1873. Dimensions: 207.3 x 206.7 cm (81 5/8 x 81 3/8 in.). Wool, patchwork of single interlocking 2:2 'Z' twill tapestry weaves; embroidered in overcast stitches; "Harlequin" tabs of pieced interlocking 2:2 'Z' twill tapestry we...
EditorialLong Shawl. India. Date: 1855-1865. Dimensions: 333.4 x 144.4 cm (131 1/4 x 56 3/4 in.). Wool, patchwork of double interlocking 2:2 'S' twill tapestry weaves; center of 2:2 'S' twill weave; embroidered in satin, surface satin, and stem stitches; "Harle...
EditorialSquare Shawl. India. Date: 1840-1845. Dimensions: 205.6 x 195.3 cm (81 x 76 7/8 in.). Wool, double interlocking twill tapestry weave, woven in rectangular sections; attached "Harlequin" tabs: pieced twill weaves; embroidered in back and satin stitches;...
EditorialLoincloth Panel. Chancay; Peru, Central coast. Date: 1000-1476. Dimensions: 22.2 x 40.6 cm (8 3/4 x 16 in.). Cotton and wool (camelid), band of plain weave; center of three-color complementary weft weave; tabs of slit tapestry weave with eccentric wrap...
EditorialBand. Date/Period: Late 16th-early 17th century. Band. Medium: linen. Technique: needle lace (The tabs were worked on a 4-element braid. The 2 3/8 in. square grid of the band was created by two 4-element flat braids along the length connected by cords ...
EditorialCircular Cosmetic Box with a Swivel Lid, New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, early, ca. 1492?1473 B.C., From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Sheikh Abd el-Qurna, Tomb of Hatnefer and Ramose (below TT 71), coffin III, 1935?36, Wood, Overall box: h. 5 cm ( 1 15/16 in.)...
EditorialCap made from light blue in silk satin weave. These boys cap is made in one piece with a center back seam, and with large folds. The edges are trimmed with light blue silk with a woven zigzag pattern and tabs; on the left side in this band passes throu...