EditorialCup and Saucer, Meissen Porcelain Manufactory, German, active from 1710 to the present, hard paste porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold, Cup hemispherical, with slight outcurving at edge; cylindrical foot; no handle. Saucer shallow, curved side, slight out...
EditorialFragment, Medium: silk, metallic yarns Technique: satin weave, Two fragments seamed together down vertical center. Sprays of tulips and carnations in an ogival framework. In silver outlined with blue on a red ground., Turkey, 16th17th century, woven te...
EditorialUranie, Xavier Mader, Block-printed on handmade paper, Vertical rectangle. Large diamond-shaped framework of leaf forms, set with lyre and candelabrum, enclosing circular medallion at center. In medallion classical profile of woman's head, with caption...
EditorialTextile, Medium: silk Technique: printed by engraved plate and hand-colored with watercolor and metallic pigments on plain weave Label: silk, printed by engraved plate and hand-colored with watercolor and metallic pigments, White ribbed silk painted in...
EditorialChocolate or Coffee Cup and Saucer, Meissen Porcelain Manufactory, German, active from 1710 to the present, hard paste porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold, Cup (a) tall, slightly flaring side outcurved at edge; double scrolled handle; cylindrical foot. Sa...
EditorialVintage, Raised, cast, and applied gilt silver, Hexagonal in plan, slight engraved decoration on foot; belly plain, shaped neck straight; hexagonal domed cover, crowned with putto on cask, extending upward to cover lip; handle in form of acanthus tendr...