EditorialHanging, Medium: cotton Technique: plain weave foundation; mordants for black, two reds, and lavender were block printed; madder dyed; yellow and blue applied by brush Label: cotton, mordant printed and dyed, painted, Hanging with a niche arch forming ...
EditorialSampler, Elizabeth Miskey, American, b. 1811, Medium: silk and wool embroidery, linen foundation Technique: embroidered in chain, stem, rococo and cross stitches on plain weave foundation, A large basket of fruit surrounded by flowering sprays, and a v...
EditorialPlate, Doccia Porcelain Factory, Italian, established 1735, porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold, Circular plate of grayish porcelain with blue band between two gilt lines around rim; gilt-bordered circular medallion in center with polychrome landscape of ...
EditorialSide chair, wood, poplar (?), Chair has an open rectangular back. Upper panel is pierced and carved with perspective view of avenue of poplars leading to an arch. Moulded seat rails receive slip seat. Front legs are straight, flat, square, and tapered....
EditorialArch with Beasts, French, ca. 115075, Made in Languedoc-Rousillon, France, French, Marble, 40 in. ? 74 in. ? 10 1/4 in. (101.6 ? 188 ? 26 cm), Sculpture-Architectural.
EditorialHandkerchief of batist with embroidery in every corner with many flowers in a shield-shaped cartouche, Handkerchief of natural-colored batist with embroidery - white work with plumetis and shadow work - and finished around with a strip of bobbin lace: ...
EditorialFragmentary marble head of a helmeted soldier, Early Imperial, Flavian, ca. A.D. 69?79, Roman, Marble, Overall: 7 1/8 x 7 1/16in. (18.1 x 18cm), Stone Sculpture, The Romans devised two new forms of public monument to celebrate their military victories?...
EditorialRouletteman, Round table with baluster-shaped trunk that ends in a tripod. A twelve-pointed star is engraved on the table top with the numbers 1 to 12 around it. In the middle of the table is a cylindrical trunk on which a man balances on his foot. The...
EditorialCover of a sugar bowl with a gothic arcade decoration, Cover of a sugar bowl from porcelain, painted in underglaze blue and on the glaze gold. Decorated with a gothic arch decoration against a blue background. Pointed lid button., Perche, Saint-Yrieix-...
EditorialHandkerchief of batist with plumetis embroidery with violets and forget-me-nots and an edge bobbin lace with three-part leaves, Handkerchief of batist with embroidery - white work with plumetis and sand stitches - and around an edge spool lace: Valenci...
EditorialBatker handkerchief finished all round with bobbin lace with a pine cone-shaped cartouche in each corner with rosette flower, Natural batist handkerchief finished with natural-colored bobbin lace all around: fine Bruges floral work. Symmetrical pattern...
EditorialBall shoe or bridal shoe, not yet sewn or soled, of cream-colored satin with gold embroidery, Ball shoe or wedding shoe, of cream-colored satin with gold embroidery. Model: heelless model with square nose, indicated only in circumference with basting t...
EditorialSeat back legs (?), Slightly rounded, flat, brown leg, narrowed to one side. Edited on one side with geometric motifs and cut open with holes like windows with Romanesque arch, a row of two, below that a row of three, below that the arches of four hole...
EditorialTile, Tile with a blue painted musketeer under an arch with a mask as a keystone, standing on a checkered tile floor., anonymous, Netherlands, 1630 - 1640, earthenware, tin glaze, h 25 cm ? w 18.5 cm ? t 2 cm.
EditorialSugar bowl with a gothic arcade decoration, Sugar bowl made of porcelain on a spreading foot, with an egg-shaped body and two handles, painted in underglaze blue and on the glaze gold. The outer wall with a gothic arch decoration against a blue backgro...
EditorialLid of a jug, Lid of a jug with a bent foot edge and a double arch. The double button consists of a ball and a conical tip. Engraving with vines, vine leaves and bunches of grapes on the first curve and a floral pattern with buds on the second, c. 1699...
EditorialSugar bowl with a gothic arcade decoration, Sugar bowl made of porcelain on a spreading foot, with an egg-shaped body and two handles, painted in underglaze blue and on the glaze gold. The outer wall with a gothic arch decoration against a blue backgro...
EditorialAtlas, Atlas is attached to a semicircular arch with pear-shaped ends. The image is marked: written letter N and an ax, acrobat, circus, anonymous, Netherlands, c. 1600 - c. 1700, silver (metal), h 9.8 cm ? w 9.5 cm ? w 37.37 gr.
EditorialHandkerchief of batist with embroidery in every corner with many flowers in a shield-shaped cartouche, Handkerchief of natural-colored batist with embroidery - white work with plumetis and shadow work - and finished around with a strip of bobbin lace: ...
EditorialPomellum with acanthus leaf and text band, The object made of copper plate consists of two hemispheres, tinned on the inside, and decorated with an engraved continuous acanthus ornament, in which two or three figures with lance or arrow and arch are in...
EditorialGlass oinochoe (perfume jug), Classical, late 6th?5th century B.C., Greek, Eastern Mediterranean, Glass; core-formed, Group I, H.: 3 7/8 in. (9.8 cm), Glass, Translucent blue, with handle and foot in same color; trails in opaque yellow and opaque turqu...
EditorialFragmentary marble head of a helmeted soldier, Early Imperial, Flavian, ca. A.D. 69?79, Roman, Marble, Overall: 7 1/8 x 7 1/16in. (18.1 x 18cm), Stone Sculpture, The Romans devised two new forms of public monument to celebrate their military victories?...