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Editorial Sample of Iron with Galvanized Copper, Solid iron rod covered with a layer of copper, turned on different places to demonstrate the purity and tightness of the copper layer., ship model, Prince Hendrik of the Netherlands (ship), Bernab?, Toulon, c. 186...
Editorial Sample of Cork Insulation for Steam Pipes, Round metal tube with a cork coating, resulting in a seven-sided tube. The cork segments are held together with iron wire. This sample is from the World Exhibition in Paris in 1867., Paris, anonymous, France (...
Editorial Artillery used in the machines, Globe Reflections on Carthaunes, Ball-pile Calculations; Hoist, Protz-Wagen, Ball Gauges, Tactile Zirckel, Powder Sample, Tab. XLV, S. 52, Tobias Mayer: Mathematischer Atlas, in welchem auf 60 Tabellen alle Theile der Ma...
Editorial Sample piece of fillet lace with thirty stop-through variations, Sample piece of natural-colored lace embroidery, fillet lace, with about thirty stop-through variations. It concerns two strips that are attached to a piece of thick paper., anonymous, Ne...
Editorial Sample book Wiener Werkst?tte, Wiener Werkst?tte, Vienna state, 1910 - 1925, paper, silk, cotton (textile), cardboard, block printing (relief printing process), h 25.4 cm ? w 30 cm ? d 5 cm.
Editorial Ritual wine scoop with monster heads and a dragon, Ritual wine scoop with a pipe-head shaped reservoir that is connected to the handle by two sample heads and a profiled handle., anonymous, China, -1100 - -800, Zhou-dynasty (1050 B.C.-221 B.C.), bronze...
Editorial Sample of Tiller Rope, Sample of handlebar strip, mismatch of three cable strands of sixteen yarns each. Steering bars of animal skin, preferably buffalo, have been found to be of higher quality than hemp., Lijnbaan 'De Groote Zeevaart', Amsterdam, 186...
Editorial Sample of a Deep-Sea Lead Line, Sample of a deep-sea lead line. It is a piece of three-strand cable rope with a knot on each end. The strands are also laid with cable. The weight of this perpendicular was 0.89 Dutch pounds for every 100 m, the breaking...
Editorial Radslotpistool, Part of a couple. The inner wheel of the castle is engraved with panels with grotesque animals, human figures and accolades, the pan must be operated by hand. The loop is engraved on the back with foliage, the GI stamp of 89-B is missin...
Editorial Production of the sample vessels / crucibles, Brass Molds and Mortars / Pestles for the Production of Test Vessels, Woodcut, p. 183, (Liber septimus), Manuel, Hans Rudolf (graveur sur bois), 1556, Georgius Agricola: De re metallica libri XII: quibus of...
Editorial Try needles, Sampling needles can be used to determine the gold, copper and silver content (karat) instead of sample furnaces, but are less accurate, woodcut, p. 199, (Liber sepitmus), Manuel, Hans Rudolf (graveur sur bois), 1556, Georgius Agricola: De...
Editorial copper processing, A thin layer of copper is cut off on a sample iron rod until only pure copper remains, woodcut, p. 431, (Liber undecimus), Manuel, Hans Rudolf (graveur sur bois), 1556, Georgius Agricola: De re metallica libri XII: quibus officia, in...
Editorial Test piece in the form of an articulated bell jar, Test piece in the form of an articulated bell jar. The hexagonal chalice has a broad, convex upper edge with ornament and inscription: SAMPLE MADE BY A. STORM., A. Storm (possibly), Leeuwarden, 1770, s...
Editorial Workpiece for Diploma, beautiful handicrafts, Sample of frivolity with rings mixed together, Geesje Smid, Netherlands, c. 1890 - c. 1900, h 4.8 cm ? w 4.8 cm.
Editorial Brand patch, practice patch or swatch patch with needle lace stitches, Brand patch in the form of a piece of linen, finished with an open hem. Fourteen rows with different patterns of needle lace of different width. The largest four have the well-known...
Editorial Double-barreled flint lock turnover pistol, flint gun with rotating barrel. The lock consists of three plates: a back plate with the lock mechanism and the two front plates each with a pan and a fire sample, the rooster is decorated with lace work, the...
Editorial Sample or Telegraph Cable for Mines, Copper wire of seven wires in a thick insulating layer of a black plastic., anonymous, unknown, 1865 - 1875, copper (metal), l 5.4 cm ? d 1.9 cm.
Editorial Sample book with damask samples and photos, designs by Chris Lebeau, Sample book with sixteen damask samples and photos after a design by Chris Lebeau, designs 400 etc. E.J.F. from Dissel & Sons., Chris Lebeau, Eindhoven, 1888 - 1945, linen (material),...
Editorial Fragment of the lock plate of a snap-cock lock of a musket, Fragment of the lock plate of a snap-cock lock. A piece of profiled flint is clamped in the rooster with the aid of a screw with an eye. The curiously shaped rooster is fixed by an axis throug...
Editorial Sample of Ellis Patent Steel, Sample of Ellis patent steel with labeling, industrial processes, handling of materials (base metals, crafts, industries, agriculture), Sheffield, John Brown & Co. Ltd, John Brown, Sheffield (possibly), 1850 - 1900, steel ...
Editorial Steel needle lace with a decorative ground made in fine diamond stitch, Steel natural colored needle lace with a decorative ground that is used in, among other things, Alen?on lace. Study material. The needle lace stitch used in the decorative soil is ...
Editorial Steel needle lace with a funded and painted mesh ground as at point de France, Steel natural colored needle lace with a more or less hexagonal funded mesh ground with picots as was introduced for the type of point called France. Study material. A sampl...
Editorial Double barrel flint runner barrel, The lock consists of two parts: the rear lock plate and two front lock plates, the rear lock plate has chiseled relief decorations ending in the head of a sample, the lock is engraved with lofwerk, the rooster is ajou...
Editorial Double-barreled flint running gun, Flint gun with rotating barrels, part of a couple. The lock consists of three plates: a back plate with the lock mechanism and the two front plates each with a pan and a fire sample, the rooster is ajour worked in the...
Editorial Collection of Fifty-One Wood Samples, Collection of wood samples, incomplete, only fifty-one of the sixty-four have survived (see list of inscriptions below). All samples have a white inscription on a black iron plate, some also have an inscription wit...
Editorial Sample of Australian Wood, Only one of the four samples of this inventory number has been found, No. 4, sandalwood. The other three samples were Australian mahogany or yarrah (eucalyptus marginata), shea oak (unidentified) and blue gum (eucalyptus spec...
Editorial Sample of Telegraph Cable for Mines, Copper wire of seven wires in a thick insulating layer made of black plastic and paper., anonymous, unknown, 1865 - 1875, copper (metal), paper, l 11 cm ? d 1.05 cm.
Editorial Sample of (cereal) bran and chaff from the wreck of the East Indies sailor 't Vliegend Hart, who died in 1735. This is an organic sample. Wheat bran is the outermost layer, so the skins of a grain. Wheat bran is formed when grinding grain, thereby sepa...
Editorial Sample of Telegraph Cable, Sample of telegraph cable, presumably for sea mines. It is a short piece of wire rope of ten wires, around a copper wire in a thick insulating layer consisting of an unknown plastic (presumably gutta percha) and paper., anony...
Editorial Sample of Millwork, Piece of panel work from the Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia in 1876. It is made in one piece and shows one long-cut geometric motif., anonymous, United States of America (possibly), 1876, wood (plant material), paper, h 1.4 c...
Editorial Steel needle side with recesses in diamond-shaped configuration, Steel natural colored needle side. Rectangular model. A rectangular frame made with funded threads, thus forming a relief contour line, is filled with fabric stitches ('point de Venise'):...
Editorial Flint gun, Part of a couple. The lock plate is engraved with lofwerk, a female nude ending in a scroll, and the signature of the maker. The barrel is partially ribbed and subdivided by means of cast relief decoration, the trumpet has an embossed edge, ...
Editorial Workpiece for Diploma beautiful handicrafts, Sample of fine macram? in red and white., Geesje Smid, Netherlands, c. 1890 - c. 1900, h 8.0 cm ? w 8.0 cm.
Editorial Case of gold, decorated with a hundred different stones, a sample card of Saxon rocks, decorated with 100 different stones, forming a sample card of Saxon rocks. The case is intended for an ivory note that is missing., Johann Christian Neuber, Dresden,...
Editorial Sample of Armor Plate Covered with Copper, Armor plate sample on both sides with three layers: a layer of unidentified material, a layer of lead, a layer of copper. The layers are riveted together on the armor plate., anonymous, France, c. 1870, iron (...
Editorial Casket with composite metals, intended as a sample for armor plates. Equipped with inscription in golden letters, industrial processes, handling of materials (base metals, crafts, industries, agriculture), Sheffield, John Brown & Co. Ltd, John Brown, 1...
Editorial Cast Iron Sample, Tasks from a Gun, with one rough side, and two opposite curved sides, one convex and the other concave., Krupp, Essen, 1859, cast iron, h 10.4 cm ? w 8.8 cm ? d 7 cm.
Editorial Sample of Iron, Iron sample in the form of a thick hexagonal tube, round the inside. This piece came from the Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia in 1876., anonymous, United States of America (possibly), 1876, iron (metal), h 4.5 cm ? w 5 cm ? d 4.4 cm.
Editorial Steel bobbin lace with coarse thread as an example of a ribbon in linen with a fragment of lace in which this technique is applied, Natural steel-colored bobbin lace with coarse thread as an example of a ribbon in linen as used in various types of ribb...
Editorial Flint gun, Part of a couple. The lock plate is undecorated except for a signature, the fire sample of the lock is carved in relief with the shape of a drop, rainproof pan. The barrel has a large silver visor grain and two bands of rings, the front of w...
Editorial Box with Samples of Metal Shrouds, Casket with eleven samples of iron wire for standing mittens, all mittens with six rope strands around a seventh, all strands and heart consisting of seven yarns. They are each tied together with rope and yellow paper...
Editorial Lid of ritual wine barrel, Lid of ritual wine barrel with two sample cups., anonymous, China, c. -1700 - c. -800, antimony, h 10.5 cm ? w 16 cm ? d 11 cm.
Editorial Workpiece for Diploma, beautiful handicrafts, Sample, strip of frivolit?in green and white., Geesje Smid, Netherlands, c. 1890 - c. 1900, h 6.5 cm ? w 7.0 cm.
Editorial Ewer and basin Bowl, The round, curved bowl has a wide rim, with a corrugated contour interrupted by double bulges. It is driven with four large irregularly shaped fields in the flat and four small, heart-shaped fields in the edge. The fields are surro...
Editorial Pattern sample plate with two monograms and four numbered border designs, Example plate of porcelain, painted on the glaze in blue, green, black and gold. On the flat two monograms with the letters 'GR' and 'JB' in differently shaped cartouches, the wa...
Editorial Steel needle lace with single mesh soil formed by retrieved festival stitches, Steel natural colored needle lace with an Alen?on soil. Study material. The use of this type of mesh ground with single meshes formed by retrieved festival stitches was char...
Editorial Ritual wine barrel, Ritual wine barrel with handle. Decorative frame around neck body with stylized mythical animals, two sample cups on this list., anonymous, China, c. -1700 - c. -800, antimony, h 14.8 cm ? w 18.9 cm ? d 16.5 cm.
Editorial Sample of Steel, Sample of Heaton's steel, made from medium iron. It is a rod with a square cross-section of ? English thumb, the ends broken off or torn., John Heaton, United Kingdom, 1868, steel (alloy), h 1.4 cm ? w 10.3 cm ? d 1.4 cm.
Editorial Sample of an Iron Tiller Rope, Sample of a galvanized iron wire handlebar strip, cable stroke with six spike strands of eighteen yarns each, around a rope heart., anonymous, Netherlands (possibly), 1866, iron (metal), rope, l 202 cm.
Editorial Metal sample, Curved metal sample, may be used to test or demonstrate copper's flexibility., anonymous, unknown, 1850 - 1900, copper (metal), l 15 cm ? h 10.5 cm ? d 5.1 cm.
Editorial Flint gun, Part of a couple. The lock plate is engraved with a Classic warrior and a signature, a vertical edge of leaves is chiseled on the tail plate's tail and on the rooster is woven with leaves. The barrel is divided into three parts with rings, t...
Editorial Steel needle lace with Burano soil, Steel natural colored needle lace as an example of a Burano soil. Study material. The steel is made of coarse threads as an example of this needle-edged soil, which was used in Burano lace. It is a characteristic nee...
Editorial Sample piece (?) Of bobbin lace with sprinkled flowers, On a fine mesh there are two staggered rows of a crooked stem with a flower. In one row they are florets, in the other they are flowers consisting of three hanging petals and upright stamens. Vale...
Editorial Steel linen with lace embroidery with pulled out threads in one corner with a square grid, Steel natural colored linen with lace embroidery: work with pulled out threads. Square model. Study material. In one corner of the linen, by pulling out threads ...
Editorial Sample. France. Date: 1825-1850. Dimensions: 8.8 ? 11.25 cm (3 1/2 ? 4 3/8 in.). Silk and straw, plain weave self-patterned by stripes of twill interlacing over plain interlacing; woven on loom with Jacquard attachment. Origin: France.
Editorial Sample. France. Date: 1825-1850. Dimensions: 9.4 ? 11.7 cm (3 3/4 ? 4 5/8 in.) Repeat: 1.65 ? 4.8 cm (5/8 ? 1 7/8 in.). Silk and straw, stripes of plain weave with supplementary facing wefts bound in twill interlacings with stripes self-patterned by w...
Editorial Sample Book of Dress Goods Swatches (Volume I). France. Date: 1835-1845. Dimensions: Average length of swatches: 7.6 cm (3 in.); 4.8 cm (1 7/8 in.); 33 cm (13 in.) Average width of swatches: 3.8 cm (1 1/2 in.); 11.4 cm (4 1/2 in.); 21.6 cm (8 1/2 in.)...
Editorial Sample. France. Date: 1825-1850. Dimensions: 8.5 ? 7.5 cm (3 3/8 ? 3 in.). Silk and straw, bands of: complex gauze weave self-patterned by areas of plain weave and areas of main warp floats over plain interlacing; and band of weft-float faced satin wea...
Editorial Fragment. United States. Date: 1801-1825. Dimensions: 9 x 46.7 cm (3 9/16 x 18 3/8 in.). Sample of stripe and check patterns of blue, white and tan. Origin: United States.
Editorial Salesman's Sample. France, possibly Lyon. Date: 1780-1790. Dimensions: 23.1 ? 12.7 cm (9 1/8 ? 5 in.). Silk, warp-float faced twill weave with supplementary pile warps forming cut, solid velvet; embroidered with silk floss in outline, satin and stem st...
Editorial Salesman's Sample. France, possibly Lyon. Date: 1780-1790. Dimensions: 24.8 ? 14.2 cm (9 3/4 ? 5 5/8 in.). Silk, plain weave with supplementary patterning warps and self-patterned by ground weft floats; appliqu?d with linen, knotted netting; embroidere...
Editorial Salesman's Sample (Waistcoat Pocket). France, probably Lyon. Date: 1780-1790. Dimensions: 32.5 ? 19.7 cm (12 3/4 ? 7 3/4 in.). Silk, warp-faced plain weave; embroidered with silk floss in outline, satin, single satin, split and setm stitches; French kn...
Editorial Sample Plate. S?vres Porcelain Manufactory; French, founded 1740; Painted by Charles-Nicolas Buteux; French, active 1763-1801. Date: 1790. Dimensions: Diam. 23.5 cm (9 1/4 in.). Soft-paste porcelain, polychrome enamels, and gilding. Origin: S?vres.
Editorial Salesman's Sample (Waistcoat Pocket). France, probably Lyon. Date: 1780-1790. Dimensions: 16.9 ? 36.2 cm (6 5/8 ? 14 1/4 in.). Silk, plain weave; appliqu?d with silk, plain weave; embroidered with silk floss and silk chenille yarns in outline, satin, s...
Editorial Sample of Cloth, Old Kingdom, Dynasty 6, ca. 2353?2323 B.C., From Egypt, Memphite Region, Saqqara, Pyramid of King Pepi I, Mummy chamber, Linen, 10 cm. square.
Editorial Sample of Cloth, Old Kingdom, Dynasty 5, ca. 2353?2323 B.C., From Egypt, Memphite Region, Saqqara, Pyramid of Kiing Unis, Mummy chamber, Linen, 10 cm. square.
Editorial Sample of Cloth, Old Kingdom, Dynasty 6, ca. 2353?2323 B.C., From Egypt, Memphite Region, Saqqara, Pyramid of King Pepi I, Mummy chamber, Linen, 10 cm. square.
Editorial Sample of Cloth, Old Kingdom, Dynasty 5, ca. 2353?2323 B.C., From Egypt, Memphite Region, Saqqara, Pyramid of Kiing Unis, Mummy chamber, Linen, 10 cm square.
Editorial Sample of Cloth, Old Kingdom, Dynasty 5, ca. 2353?2323 B.C., From Egypt, Memphite Region, Saqqara, Pyramid of King Unis, Burial Chamber, Linen, 10 cm. square.
Editorial Ritual wine barrel, Ritual wine barrel with lid with handle. Decorative frame around neck body with stylized mythical animals, on this list two sample cups as well as on the lid., anonymous, China, c. -1700 - c. -800, antimony, h 21.0 cm ? w 18.9 cm ? ...
Editorial Sample of Armor Plate, Sample of an armor plate of 6? English inches in thickness. Two sides are sawn off and polished, two sides are rough and appear broken or torn, the two remaining opposing faces are of the flat sides of the armor plate, since they...
Editorial Steel needle lace with a hexagonal-shaped mesh soil, Steel natural-colored needle-lace with an Argentan soil: a hexagonal-shaped mesh soil, as was used with Argentan lace until about 1760. Study material. The edges of the steel are finished with festiv...
Editorial Parasol, Parasol with a carved ivory handle, Parasol of silk with an ivory stick. The curved handle ends in a sample head. The lower part of the stick is carved with figures in a landscape and a banderole with 'Mme la Boronne G.A.G.P. Van Der Capellen ...
Editorial Flint gun, Part of a couple. The lock plate is undecorated except for a signature, the fire sample of the lock is carved in relief with the shape of a drop, rainproof pan. The barrel has a large silver visor grain and two bands of rings, the front of w...
Editorial Oil can, belonging to a spice set, belonging to a spice set. The oil can rests on a six-lobed foot on which a diabolo-shaped intermediate piece is placed above a narrow crinkle edge. Above it is the body that is shaped like a pine cone, adorned with dr...
Editorial Radslotpistool, Part of a couple. The inner wheel of the castle is engraved with panels with grotesque animals, human figures and accolades, the pan must be operated by hand. The loop is engraved on the back with foliage, stamped on the bottom with GI....
Editorial Flint gun, Part of a couple. The lock plate is engraved with lofwerk, a female nude ending in a scroll, and the signature of the maker. The barrel is partially ribbed and subdivided by means of cast relief decoration, the trumpet has an embossed edge, ...
Editorial Steel linen with a beginning of cut work with wheels and squares as an example of this technique with matching fragment, Steel natural-colored linen with lace embroidery: reticella in open sewing technique (cut work). Study material. In the coarse line...
Editorial Iron Sample, Iron folding test., Krupp, Essen, 1858, iron (metal), h 10 cm ? w 4.7 cm ? d 1.2 cm.
Editorial Steel linen with lace embroidery with pulled-out threads and four-pointed stars in a diagonal grid, Steel natural-colored linen with lace embroidery: work with pulled-out threads. Study material. In a substantial part of the coarse linen a square grid ...
Editorial Steel needle lace with coarse thread made as an example of corrugated bars as used in Spanish Venetian needle lace, Steel natural colored needle lace. Rectangular model. In a rectangular frame, two parallel running wires have been placed that are first...
Editorial Double-barreled flint running gun, Flint gun with rotating barrels, part of a couple. The lock consists of three plates: a back plate with the lock mechanism and the two front plates each with a pan and a fire sample, the rooster is ajour worked in the...
Editorial Sample (Dress Trimming). England or France. Date: 1815-1835. Dimensions: 33.34 ? 43.18 cm (13 1/8 ? 17 in.). Silk, plain weaves and silk, satin weaves; pieced; backed with linen(?), plain weaves; sized; mounted to cotton, plain weave; sized. Origin: Fr...
Editorial Sample (Dress Trimming). England or France. Date: 1815-1835. Dimensions: 50.48 ? 40.64 cm (19 7/8 ? 16 in.). Silk, plain weaves and silk, stain weaves; pieced; backed with linen, plain weaves; sized; cotton(?) batting; mounted to cotton, plain weave; s...
Editorial Sample. France. Date: 1825-1850. Dimensions: 9.4 ? 11.7 cm (3 3/4 ? 4 5/8 in.) Repeat: 1.65 ? 4.8 cm (5/8 ? 1 7/8 in.). Silk and straw, stripes of plain weave with supplementary facing wefts bound in twill interlacings with stripes self-patterned by w...
Editorial Sample (Dress Trimming). England or France. Date: 1815-1835. Dimensions: 36.83 ? 35.56 cm (14 1/2 ? 14 in.). Cotton, twill weave; edged with cotton, plain weave; appliqu?d with cotton, twill weaves; edged with cotton, plain weaves. Origin: France.
Editorial Sample Book of Dress Goods Swatches (Volume I). France. Date: 1835-1845. Dimensions: Average length of swatches: 7.6 cm (3 in.); 4.8 cm (1 7/8 in.); 33 cm (13 in.) Average width of swatches: 3.8 cm (1 1/2 in.); 11.4 cm (4 1/2 in.); 21.6 cm (8 1/2 in.)...
Editorial Sample. France. Date: 1825-1850. Dimensions: 8.5 ? 7.5 cm (3 3/8 ? 3 in.). Silk and straw, bands of: complex gauze weave self-patterned by areas of plain weave and areas of main warp floats over plain interlacing; and band of weft-float faced satin wea...
Editorial Sample (Dress Trimming). England or France. Date: 1815-1835. Dimensions: 30.8 ? 46.36 cm (12 1/8 ? 18 1/4 in.). Silk, plain weave; appliqu?d with silk, plain weaves and silk, twill weaves, edged with cording covered with silk, twill weaves. Origin: Fra...
Editorial Sample (Dress Trimming). England or France. Date: 1815-1835. Dimensions: 24.77 ? 42.23 cm (9 3/4 ? 16 5/8 in.). Silk, plain weaves and silk, satin weaves; pieced; backed with silk, plain weave; sized; cotton batting; edged with cotton cording wrapped w...
Editorial Fragment. United States. Date: 1801-1825. Dimensions: 9 x 46.7 cm (3 9/16 x 18 3/8 in.). Sample of stripe and check patterns of blue, white and tan. Origin: United States.
Editorial Salesman's Sample. France, possibly Lyon. Date: 1780-1790. Dimensions: 23.1 ? 12.7 cm (9 1/8 ? 5 in.). Silk, warp-float faced twill weave with supplementary pile warps forming cut, solid velvet; embroidered with silk floss in outline, satin and stem st...
Editorial Salesman's Sample (Waistcoat Pocket). France, probably Lyon. Date: 1780-1790. Dimensions: 16.6 ? 33 cm (6 1/2 ? 13 in.). Silk, warp-float faced satin weave; appliqu?d with silk, satin weave; embroidered with silk floss and silk yarns in outline, satin,...
Editorial Salesman's Sample. France, possibly Lyon. Date: 1780-1790. Dimensions: 24.8 ? 14.2 cm (9 3/4 ? 5 5/8 in.). Silk, plain weave with supplementary patterning warps and self-patterned by ground weft floats; appliqu?d with linen, knotted netting; embroidere...
Editorial Salesman's Sample (Waistcoat Pocket). France, probably Lyon. Date: 1780-1790. Dimensions: 32.5 ? 19.7 cm (12 3/4 ? 7 3/4 in.). Silk, warp-faced plain weave; embroidered with silk floss in outline, satin, single satin, split and setm stitches; French kn...
Editorial Sample Plate. S?vres Porcelain Manufactory; French, founded 1740; Painted by Charles-Nicolas Buteux; French, active 1763-1801. Date: 1790. Dimensions: Diam. 23.5 cm (9 1/4 in.). Soft-paste porcelain, polychrome enamels, and gilding. Origin: S?vres.