EditorialIslamic, Egyptian, Knitted Hosiery with Simplified Inscriptions, 11th/12th Century, Cotton threads, A: 27.5 x 23 cm. (10 7/8 x 9 1/16 in.); B 21.5 x 4 cm. (8 1/2 x 9/16 in.); C 15.5 x 9 cm. (6 1/8 x 3 1/2 in.).
EditorialHeraldry simplified; a popular treatise on the subject of heraldry, together with a glossary of technical terms, and nearly two hundred drawings : Curtis, Frederick.
EditorialPartisan of the arms rack donated by Indian greats to Governor-General J.C. baron Baud, Round wooden shaft painted in black, red, yellow and green with representations of Boddhisattvas, human figures and geometric motifs. Bottom shaft and casing with h...
EditorialBolero of black bobbin lace with fences and bouquets, Bolero of black bobbin lace: Chantilly lace. The pattern has a fence along the front opening and underside between a contiguous flower garland and a more open field with bouquets on both front and b...
EditorialFlower vase, ca. 1695?1705, Dutch, Delft, Delftware (tin-glazed earthenware), 9 1/2 ? 12 in. (24.1 ? 30.5 cm), Ceramics-Pottery, Although marked with the monogram AK, the mark used from 1687 to 1703 at the Delft 'Greek A' factory during the management ...
EditorialFragment of a marble grave stele of a woman, Classical, ca. 400?390 B.C., Greek, Attic, Marble, Pentelic, H. 26 7/8 in. (68.2 cm), Stone Sculpture, Inscribed on the architrave 'the daughter of [ ] omenes'. The regular features and simplified planes of ...
EditorialCassetta frame, early 20th century, American, New York (?), Basswood back frame with rosewood upper moldings and ivory, tortoiseshell, oak and maple veneers. Carved. Sight edge: simplified lotus leaf, ebonized. Frieze: ivory stringing, maple and oak ve...
EditorialTerracotta chariot group from tomb 93, Enkomi, Cyprus, Mycenean, ca, 1300 BCE. A pair of horses pulls a chariot carrying a charioteer. The chariot has been simplified; it has no wheels and is attached to the hindquarters of the horses. GR 1897.4-1.535.
EditorialCoffee Lessons for the Poor. A Shilling Cookery for the People ... Eightieth th. George Routledge & Co.: London, 1855. Here Soyer describes a 'simplified way of making coffee'. The reader is encouraged to keep the used coffee grounds, and to re-use the...
EditorialVenus, early 16th century, Southern German, Bronze, with yellow-brown natural patina, Height: 11 1/2 in. (29.2 cm), Sculpture-Bronze, The sculptor?s simplified volumetric approach is remarkable even among German bronzes, in which simplicity and geometr...
EditorialReform Club- a menu for 10 people. [The Gastronomic Regenerator: a simplified and entirely new system of cookery. Illustrated with numerous engravings Seventh edition.].. London: Simpkin, Marshall, and Co., 1861. Source: RB.23.a.12919, 609. Language: E...
EditorialA prayer. Royal Prayerbook. Mercia [Worcester?]; first quarter of 9th century. (Whole folio) A prayer, beginning with initials 'IN', with simplified beast-heads and a little winged biped Image taken from Royal Prayerbook. Originally published/produce...
EditorialCoffee Lessons for the Poor. A Shilling Cookery for the People ... Eightieth th. George Routledge & Co.: London, 1855. Here Soyer describes a 'simplified way of making coffee'. The reader is encouraged to keep the used coffee grounds, and to re-use the...
EditorialThe Royal Palace at Rijswijk. The Royal Palace at Rijswijk in which the negotiations for a general peace are taking place (1697). The gardens at the front of the house, shown in the inserted view, differ in appearance from those shown on the main print...
EditorialVenus, early 16th century, Southern German, Bronze, with yellow-brown natural patina, Height: 11 1/2 in. (29.2 cm), Sculpture-Bronze, The sculptor?s simplified volumetric approach is remarkable even among German bronzes, in which simplicity and geometr...
Editorial'A wild man brandishing an uprooted tree trunk', c1528. The style of this drawing, with its simplified outlines, is typical of a design for a glass painting. The figure is framed in pen and ink by elaborate classical architecture. The grey, brown and b...
EditorialVenus, early 16th century, Southern German, Bronze, with yellow-brown natural patina, Height: 11 1/2 in. (29.2 cm), Sculpture-Bronze, The sculptor?s simplified volumetric approach is remarkable even among German bronzes, in which simplicity and geometr...
EditorialTerracotta chariot group from tomb 93, Enkomi, Cyprus, Mycenean, ca, 1300 BCE. A pair of horses pulls a chariot carrying a charioteer. The chariot has been simplified; it has no wheels and is attached to the hindquarters of the horses. GR 1897.4-1.535.
EditorialKing Sigurd the Crusader (Good Words for 1862, opp. p. 248), 1862, Wood engraving, Sheet: 9 5/16 ? 6 5/16 in. (23.7 ? 16 cm), Prints, After Sir Edward Burne-Jones (British, Birmingham 1833?1898 Fulham), King Sigurd the Crusader is one of the many wood ...