EditorialA still image from an undated video shows how a deaf person in America would sign “ice cream,” as if they are licking it off a cone. (Mohamed Sadek and Ege Soyuer/The New York Times)
EditorialPulpit Model with Staircase, walnut, pearwood, oak, with central column around which a bombe spiral staircase rotates terminating in a similarly curved inverted cone form standing area of the pulpit surmounted by a carved scroll canopy attached above t...
EditorialShawl, Medium: wool Technique: twill tapestry, embroidery Label: wool embroidery on wool twill weave, pieced together, Square woven shawl with a red ground and multicolored design in pink, orange, green, blue, purple, and white. A taupe eight-pointed s...
EditorialNecklace, Medium: glass beads, metal fasteners, Tubular necklace with horizontal rows of white glass beads, with four red and blue stripes at the center front and back. Cone-shaped metal fasteners., South Africa, late 19thearly 20th century, jewelry, N...
EditorialFragments, Medium: cotton Technique: block-printed on plain weave, White cotton block-printed in cone or pine-shaped motif in two shades of red and blue., India, early 19th century, printed, dyed & painted textiles, Fragments.
EditorialBelt, Medium: glass beads, metal fasteners, Long, narrow beaded belt with a design of opposing triangles in black, blue, and white, with red beads on long edges. Fastened with cone-shaped metal buttons., South Africa, late 19thearly 20th century, costu...
EditorialNecklace, Medium: glass beads, metal fasteners, Tubular necklace with horizontal rows of white glass beads, with red, green and black stripes at the center front and back. Cone-shaped metal fastener., South Africa, late 19thearly 20th century, jewelry,...
EditorialBowl, Silver, ivory, ebony, Truncated cone-shaped bowl of silver, the outside covered with vertical staves of ebony and ivory alternating, interrupted by band inscribed with: The Gift of AS to her Grandson RS 1789. Three handles set horizontally., Scot...
EditorialFunerary Cone, New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, ca. 15501295 B.C., From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Pottery, Preserved L. 3 cm (1 3/16 in.); Diam. 8 cm (3 1/8 in.).
EditorialRound box with floral scrolls, Round box made of porcelain with a cone-shaped lid knob, painted in underglaze blue. The box is covered with flower vines and mushrooms (lingzhi). Transition porcelain in blue and white, ornament derived from plant forms,...
EditorialRound box with floral scrolls, Round box made of porcelain with a cone-shaped lid knob, painted in underglaze blue. The box is covered with flower vines and mushrooms (lingzhi). Transition porcelain in blue and white, ornament derived from plant forms,...
EditorialBlock weight of half an Amsterdam pound, Brass block weight of half an Amsterdam pound. In the form of a truncated cone. On top, the crowned weapon of Amsterdam has been smashed between the letters GG. Furthermore, the reference years 1736-1742. The fi...
EditorialTobacco jar, round, decorated with imposed garlands and medallions, with loose lid, The round tobacco jar has a loose lid and rests on three cast legs in the shape of a bird's claw on a ball. The legs are attached to an open-worked edge of ovals connec...
EditorialHalf of a mold, Square rosette mold with acorn diagonal on each corner and central half of pine cone. In the middle left and right a metal pin and in the middle above the pouring hole. Reverse: square with sloping sides and flat bottom., Netherlands, 1...
EditorialSugar bowl with a putto in a medallion, Porcelain sugar bowl with a cylindrical body, painted on the glaze in sepia and gold. On the belly twice a medallion with a putto, one picks up a board and the other hammers his arrow. Above the medallions a garl...
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...
EditorialRound box with floral scrolls, Round box made of porcelain with a cone-shaped lid knob, painted in underglaze blue. The box is covered with flower vines and mushrooms (lingzhi). Transition porcelain in blue and white, ornament derived from plant forms,...
EditorialLidded terrine and stand Terrine with lid and tray, The round tray and tray are attached to each other with a screw. The curved dish rests on a low, profiled stand ring. A pearl frame runs over the slightly raised outer edge, a double row of acanthus l...
EditorialHandkerchief of batist with bouquet in scalloped corners in embroidery and a machine-made edge, Handkerchief of natural-colored linen with embroidery - white work with plumetis - and finished around with a machine-cut edge: machine-made Valenciennes la...
EditorialShroud of Hori, New Kingdom, Ramesside, Dynasty 19?20, ca. 1295?1070 B.C., From Egypt, Linen, gesso, paint, H. 38 cm (14 15/16 in.); W. 43 cm (16 15/16 in.), This colorful scene depicts Hori at his funerary meal, wearing a cone of fragrant incense on h...
EditorialCover of a sugar bowl with a foliate scroll, Cover of a porcelain sugar bowl, painted on the glaze in gold. Decorated with a leaf vine and cover button in the shape of a pine cone., F?rstenberg, c. 1785 - c. 1795, porcelain (material), glaze, gold (met...
EditorialShroud of Hori, New Kingdom, Ramesside, Dynasty 19?20, ca. 1295?1070 B.C., From Egypt, Linen, gesso, paint, H. 38 cm (14 15/16 in.); W. 43 cm (16 15/16 in.), This colorful scene depicts Hori at his funerary meal, wearing a cone of fragrant incense on h...