EditorialBatist handkerchief with plumetis embroidery and a border of Valenciennes lace, Handkerchief of natural-colored batist with embroidery - white work with a bobbin lace around: Valenciennes lace. Square model with rounded corners. The embroidery is along...
EditorialSpool lace cuff with ivy leaf, Natural spool lace cuff: Valenciennes lace. Repetitive motif of ivy leaves on a nice square Valenciennes ground, with a row of slightly staggered pouches above it. The top is finished with a straight edge. On the undersid...
EditorialStrip of gold lace with one-sided ivy leaves, Strip of spool lace, gold lace. The pattern consists of a concatenation of unilaterally oriented leaves, which have the shape of ivy leaves or vine leaves. The leaves form the scallops along the underside o...
EditorialBobbin lace strip with ivy leaf, On a coarse fond of square meshes, separate from each other, one-sided ivy leaves and mussels above deep scallops, formed by interconnected cogs. Valenciennes side., anonymous, Netherlands (possibly), c. 1910 - c. 1920,...
EditorialStrip of needle lace with ivy leaves, Large vine leaves of a standing straight twig are alternated with ditto twig from which three violets hang downwards. Point de gaze de Bruxelles., anonymous, Brussels, c. 1850, linen (material), l 37 cm ? w 3.5 cm ...
EditorialBobbin lace collar with ivy leaf, Natural color Bobbin lace collar, Valenciennes lace. The collar is made of a double strip of lace, on the fold line a smaller, wrinkled strip of lace is sewn. A mother-of-pearl button is attached on one side. The doubl...
EditorialSpool lace cuff with ivy leaf, Natural spool lace cuff: Valenciennes lace. The cuff consists of two strips sewn together. The strip at the top has a repetitive motif with ivy leaves on a square Valenciennes ground. Two dots between the successive leave...
EditorialGoat glove (?) Leather, ocher colored with incised, loose caps decorated with black satin ribbon embroidered with a black silk floral pattern, Right goat (?) Leather glove, loose caps decorated with black satin ribbon embroidered with a floral pattern ...
EditorialStrip of needle lace with flowing spirals, Strip of natural-colored mixed lace: Venetian ribbon lace. Bars ground with picots. Wide spirals, on a running branch with ivy leaves, end in several small flowers. A cleaved arched border runs along the right...
EditorialStrip of bobbin lace with ivy leaf and lobed scallops, A coarse fond of square meshes is filled with a row of ivy leaves, each standing above a wide, lobed shell. Valenciennes., anonymous, Netherlands (possibly), c. 1910 - c. 1920, linen (material), Va...
EditorialLimestone votive square capital, Classical, 5th or 4th century B.C., Cypriot, Limestone, Overall: 11 x 12 x 12 in. (27.9 x 30.5 x 30.5 cm), Stone Sculpture, Votive capital decorated with three bands of triangles, branches in relief and rosettes and ivy...
EditorialStrip of needle lace with ivy leaves, Large vine leaves of a standing straight twig are interspersed with ditto twig from which three violets hang downwards. Point de gaze de Bruxelles., anonymous, Brussels, c. 1850, linen (material), l 36 cm ? w 3 cm ...
EditorialGoat glove (?) Leather, ocher colored with incised, loose caps decorated with black satin ribbon embroidered with a black silk floral pattern, Left goat glove (?) Leather, loose caps decorated with black satin ribbon embroidered with a floral pattern i...
EditorialGold etruscan jewelry: Funerary wreath with ivy leaves and berries and a satyr's head at the ends, earring in the form of a hollow trumpet-shaped loop, necklace and nine pendants (bullae) from a necklace. 400-350 BC. From a tomb near Tarquinia. British...
EditorialGreen chocolate pot with Three Graces and dancing nymphs (top); blue ewer or vase with Venus and Cupid (bottom); white cup and saucer with ivy leaves; and green cup and saucer with Venus, warrior and nymphs. Chromolithograph by W. Griggs from Frederick...
EditorialLion whose moons overflow into ivy leaves. Artist: anonymous. Draughtsman: anonymous. Dating: c. 1866 - c. 1900. Measurements: h 418 mm ? w 290 mm.
EditorialCrown of ivy leaves and flowers. From a clandestine excavation, probably from Apollonia. Gold. 340-320 BC. Archaeological Museum. Thessaloniki. Greece.
EditorialGold etruscan jewelry: Funerary wreath with ivy leaves and berries and a satyr's head at the ends, earring in the form of a hollow trumpet-shaped loop, necklace and nine pendants (bullae) from a necklace. 400-350 BC. From a tomb near Tarquinia. British...
EditorialIlluminated initial 'E' for Edward with ivy leaves extending into the margins at the beginning of the text. Various legal texts including Magna Carta, Statutes of England , etc. England; last quarter of the 13th century or 1st quarter of the 14th centu...
EditorialSaturday Hours to the Virgin. The Virgin and Child seated on a bench covered with a textile. A donor, possibly John, Duke of Berry, kneels before a prie-dieu that supports an open book. Text with decorated initial 'D'. Borders decorated with ivy leaves...
EditorialHistoriated initial 'A' with a Creation scene combined with a full bar border with ivy leaves and a dragon at the beginning of the Chronique de la Creation du monde. Chronique de la création du monde (until 1327). France, Central or N.; last quarter o...
EditorialLimestone votary of a bearded male with a wreath, Classical, 2nd half of 5th century B.C., Cypriot, Limestone, Height: 70 1/2 in. (179.1 cm), Stone Sculpture, This over-lifesize figure depicts a bearded man making an offering. He wears an ornate wreath...
EditorialGlass mosaic inlay, Hellenistic, 1st century B.C.?1st century A.D., Egyptian, Roman, Glass; cast, Other: 1 7/16 in. (3.6 cm), Glass, Translucent cobalt blue ground; decoration in opaque white, yellow, red, and grayish green., Polygonal, flat, and very ...
EditorialLimestone votive square capital, Classical, 5th or 4th century B.C., Cypriot, Limestone, Overall: 11 x 12 x 12 in. (27.9 x 30.5 x 30.5 cm), Stone Sculpture, Votive capital decorated with three bands of triangles, branches in relief and rosettes and ivy...
EditorialTerracotta amphoriskos (oil flask), Archaic, ca. 540?500 B.C., East Greek, Milesian, Fikellura, Terracotta, H. 9 5/8 in. (24.5 cm), Vases, White slip, ivy leaves on shoulder, meander on neck and net pattern on body.
EditorialGreen chocolate pot with Three Graces and dancing nymphs (top); blue ewer or vase with Venus and Cupid (bottom); white cup and saucer with ivy leaves; and green cup and saucer with Venus, warrior and nymphs. Chromolithograph by W. Griggs from Frederick...
EditorialCrown of ivy leaves and flowers. From a clandestine excavation, probably from Apollonia. Gold. 340-320 BC. Archaeological Museum. Thessaloniki. Greece.
EditorialCommon nightingale, Luscinia megarhynchos, and goldcrest, Regulus regulus, on ivy leaves, Hedera helix. Cinereous tit, Parus cinereus, and great tit, Parus major, on a holly bush, Ilex aquifolium. Handcoloured engraving on steel by Fournier after a dra...
EditorialGold etruscan jewelry: Funerary wreath with ivy leaves and berries and a satyr's head at the ends, earring in the form of a hollow trumpet-shaped loop, necklace and nine pendants (bullae) from a necklace. 400-350 BC. From a tomb near Tarquinia. British...