EditorialA Zealander. The woman wears a flat straw hat, over a plain cap. She wears a striped woolen petticoat and an apron. The only decoration she wears are gold stay-hooks and large silver buckles on her shoes. The Costume of the Netherlands displayed in thi...
EditorialOpera dresses'. Three ladies in a box at a theatre. Mermaids and mermen. Figure 101: Dress á l' Espagnole. The front hair combed straight on the forehead; the side hair in ringlets, and the hind hair in three loops, the ends returned in ringlets. Fanc...
EditorialIvory lower cover. The carved word 'Herodius' on the lower cover possibly refers to the artist or to Fulk of Anjou (the bird name, 'herodias' could be used synonymously with 'fulica' (coot), and the French vernacular for coot 'foulque'). . Psalter o...
EditorialLalla Roukh. Lalla Ro?kh. [A description of Tableaux vivants re. Berlin, 1822. The noble princess, shown here, is covered in gold and jewels; even her shoes are sewn with emeralds. A very light, rose-coloured veil, embroidered with silver, covers her ...
EditorialEmbroidered back cover. Prayers and Meditations of Queen Katherine Parr. England; 1545. [Whole cover] Crimson silk binding, embroidered with gold and silver thread and coloured silks, with a monogram on the name Katharina, and initial H' above, the Lio...
EditorialA contemporary blue morocco binding with coloured onlays signed by Thouvenin, tooled in gold and with silver-gilt clasp and corner-pieces in which amethysts are mounted. . Paroissien complet, contenant l'office des Dimanches et des fe?tes en Latin et ...
EditorialView of the placing of wreaths at the All India War Memorial, New Delhi. Now called India Gate, on the Rajpath. Unveiled in 1931. . View of the placing of wreaths at the All India War Memorial, New Delhi. 12-Feb-31. Large hand-coloured print. Gelatine ...
EditorialA Chinese lady and her son. The Costume of China. Illustrated in forty-eight c. William Miller: London, 1805. The lady wears a long robe of silk or satin. Underneath, she wears an under-vest and drawers of taffeta. Her hair is smoothed with oil and clo...
EditorialManteau de Théatre. Costumes Parisiens no.71. Woman is wearing a red patterend dress with a blue skirt trimmered with fur. She is also wearing a feathered headdress in black and silver. . Journal des dames et des modes. [With coloured plates.]. Paris...
EditorialGrande robe du soir en brocart d'argent. Costumes Parisiens no.73. Perrugue bleue, aigrettes. Women depicted wearing evening dress with silver brocade, red slippers and a blue wig with silver headress, background shows a white peakcock on a tree branc...
EditorialMaximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor, in suit of armour and plumed helmet, mounted on an armoured horse with caparison with the coat of arms of Austria (five golden quail) and the Archdukedom of Austria (silver fess on a red field). After a coloured woodcu...
EditorialMaximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor, in suit of armour and plumed helmet, mounted on an armoured horse with the coat of arms of Austria (five golden quail) and the Archdukedom of Austria (silver fess on a red field). After a coloured woodcut by Hans Burgk...
EditorialSilver prairie-clover or two-coloured dalea, Dalea bicolor. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by J. Swan after a botanical illustration by William Jackson Hooker from his own "Exotic Flora," Blackwood, Edinburgh, 1823. Hooker (1785-1865) was an Englis...
EditorialMaximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor, in suit of armour and plumed helmet, mounted on an armoured horse with caparison with the coat of arms of Austria (five golden quail) and the Archdukedom of Austria (silver fess on a red field). After a coloured woodcu...
EditorialCostume of a valet, 14th century. He wears a red hood with white border, tabard of the same fabric, lead-coloured stockings and silver spurs. He carries a dagger in a red scabbard. From a manuscript of "Lancelot of the Lake" in the Bibliotheque Imperia...
EditorialSilver fir tree, Abies alba. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from a botanical illustration by James Sowerby from William Woodville and Sir William Jackson Hooker's "Medical Botany," John Bohn, London, 1832. The tireless Sowerby (1757-1822) drew over...
EditorialBuckler of buffalo leather, from Ethiopia. Black leather, silver knobs with geometrical and plant ornaments. Lined inside with light-coloured leather; leather grip. Booty from a Turkish camp.
EditorialAcorns and heads of coloured persons around a silver omphalos. Gold and silver phial (3rd BCE) from the Panagyurishte Golden Treasure. Diameter 25 cm.