EditorialFragment stitched and launched silk fabric, Fragment stitched and launched silk fabric in chain-satin weave. Design: upward, undulating bands with lace design surrounded by five flower vines with in turn twists with flowers in ecru, green, red and pink...
EditorialStrip of bobbin lace with infinitely curling ribbon, Strip of natural-colored bobbin lace, Milanese lace. The strip is made or used for superplie. The pattern is formed by an infinitely curling ribbon. A repeat of the pattern can be seen where the ribb...
EditorialFlint gun, Part of a couple. Made in Li?ge, but very Dutch. The lock is engraved with leaves, a branch and a signature. A ridge runs across the barrel, the back part is engraved with leafy scrolls and a hunter in a justaucorps after 17th century fashio...
EditorialFlint gun, Part of a couple. Made in Li?ge, but very Dutch. The lock is engraved with leaves, a branch and a signature. A ridge runs across the barrel, the back part is engraved with leafy scrolls and a hunter in a justaucorps after 17th century fashio...
EditorialStrip or collar of needle lace with fine tendrils and flowers, Strip or collar of natural colored needle lace: Venetian rose lace. The pattern consists of fine curling and splitting tendrils with many small leaves and many different flowers. The motifs...
EditorialStrip of needle lace with wavy, curling tendril with various flowers, Strip of natural-colored needle lace: Venetian rose lace. The pattern consists of a wavy branch with curling flower stems and leaves. There are many larger and smaller flowers on the...
EditorialHandkerchief with a border of needle lace with corner beads, Handkerchief with a border of natural colored needle lace: Brussels lace. Around a large, lobed, batiste centerpiece is a lace border with corner circles, filled with open gridwork. Inner and...
EditorialStrip of bobbin lace with tangled ribbons pattern, Strip of natural-colored bobbin lace. The tangled pattern is formed by a strong, twisting ribbon, made in densely worked linen. Connections are made with braids between the twists. The upper side is fi...
EditorialComposition of figures arranged in a landscape foreground before a statue of a female goddess, at left two nude figures support a nude woman riding a goat led by a putto, at center a draped woman holds one finger to her eye behind a satyr holding a bow...
EditorialComposition of figures arranged in a landscape foreground before a statue of a female goddess, at left two nude figures support a nude woman riding a goat led by a putto, at center a draped woman holds one finger to her eye behind a satyr holding a bow...
EditorialComposition of figures arranged in a landscape foreground before a statue of a female goddess, at left two nude figures support a nude woman riding a goat led by a putto, at center a draped woman holds one finger to her eye behind a satyr holding a bow...
EditorialЮю Юлит буржуй и там и тут,- Да все равно ему капут! The bourgeois twists here and there, - But all the same he meets his end! Depicts a peasant and worker whipping a bourgeois in a spinning top. . Аз?...
EditorialWomen at Chinese Court, Momoyama period (1573?1615), 16th century, Japan, Hanging scroll; ink, color, and gold on gilded paper, 61 1/8 x 45 1/2in. (155.3 x 115.6cm), Paintings, In the Style of Kano Eitoku (Japanese, 1534?1590), In this painting, a viva...
EditorialComposition of figures arranged in a landscape foreground before a statue of a female goddess, at left two nude figures support a nude woman riding a goat led by a putto, at center a draped woman holds one finger to her eye behind a satyr holding a bow...
EditorialWinged female figure, draped and carrying a staff, striding behind a winged putto, who twists to look over his left shoulder, a round composition, ca. 1550?1600, Engraving, sheet: 6 3/16 x 5 11/16 in. (15.7 x 14.5 cm), Prints, Anonymous, After Cherubin...
EditorialCihuateotl, 15th?early 16th century, Mexico, Mesoamerica, Aztec, Stone, Overall: 26 x 17 1/4 x 17 in. (66.04 x 43.82 x 43.18 cm), Stone-Sculpture, This stone sculpture depicts a seated female figure wearing a plain skirt and a simple knotted belt. Her ...
EditorialMildred Howells, 1897, silvered bronze, Diameter: 2 7/8 in. (7.3 cm), Sculpture, Augustus Saint-Gaudens (American, Dublin 1848?1907 Cornish, New Hampshire), This medal of poet and artist Mildred Howells (1873-1966) was excerpted from Saint-Gaudens?s re...
Editorial[Album of 67 Photographic Studies of Self-Defense Maneuvers], ca. 1895, Gelatin silver print, 13.7 x 9.8 cm (5 3/8 x 3 7/8 in.) each, Albums, Unknown, This unintentionally hilarious manual of choke holds, body slams, kicks, chops, and arm twists was ma...
EditorialWomen at Chinese Court, Momoyama period (1573?1615), 16th century, Japan, Hanging scroll; ink, color, and gold on gilded paper, 61 1/8 x 45 1/2in. (155.3 x 115.6cm), Paintings, In the Style of Kano Eitoku (Japanese, 1534?1590), In this painting, a viva...
EditorialIn a landscape beholds Prudentia (Prudence) herself in her hand mirror. Her free arm twists a snake. On the ground for her are a skull, books, ink and a quill, print maker: Hendrik van Limborch, Dating 1691 - 1759.
EditorialSilk embroidery panel with flowers and ducks found in Dunhuang caves, China, 9th-10th century. The design of scrolling foliage with flowers and birds was embroidered onto floral-figured silk, backed with plain woven cream silk. Silk thread was used for...