EditorialRound Box Brooch, 1000?1100, Made in Gotland, Sweden, Viking, Copper alloy, cast, selectively applied silver foil (OA XRD) ..., Overall: 2 3/8 x 1 in. (6 x 2.5 cm), Metalwork-Copper, Women on the Scandinavian island of Gotland wore box brooches to secu...
EditorialNative Americans of Carolina in capes, shawls and skirts, men with bows and arrows, women with necklaces and tattoos in summer dress. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Sasso from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient and Modern Costumes of all the Peoples of t...
EditorialPair of Keros, 16th?17th century, Peru, Quechua, Wood, pigmented resin inlay, Height 7 in., Wood-Containers, The counterpoised figures depicted here may echo the traditional Andean worldview of balanced dichotomy. The opposing forces, male figures (in ...
EditorialThe Poems of Thomas Gray, Design 107, 'Elegy Written in a Country Church-Yard.', William Blake, 17571827, British, between 1797 and 1798, Watercolor with pen and black ink and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper with inlai...
EditorialA Perspective View of the Building for the Fireworks in the Green Park, Taken from the Reservoir, Print made by Paul Angier, active 1749, French (active in London), after P Brookes, active 1747, British, Published by Robert Sayer, 17251794, British, Pu...
EditorialWoven Hanging, ca. 1820, Made in India, Kashmir, Pashmina wool; double interlocking twill tapestry weave, Textile: L. 54 1/2 in. (138.4 cm), Textiles-Woven, Kashmir was famous for its beautiful shawls made of pashmina, a fine goat's wool, woven in the ...