EditorialFrieze, Xavier Mader, Dufour et Leroy, Block-printed and flocked paper, Fans of ostrich plumes emerging behind sunburst of jewels, over which are drapery swags rendered in flock; this bound by a string of pearls and emeralds. Swags are caught up with j...
EditorialMantle, Medium: warp: cotton; weft: silk, metallic (silver strips wrapped around linen core) Technique: plain weave with discontinuous wefts (tapestry), interlocked Label: silk and metallic tapestry, Mantle decorated with series of broad and narrow hor...
EditorialLouis XVI or Trianon, Desfoss? et Karth, French, 1863, Block-printed paper, Yellowish-brown horizontal molding strip, top and bottom, with a series of yellowish-brown rosettes at spaced intervals along the band between. Printed on off-white ground., Pa...
EditorialGlass cup, Early Imperial, 1st century A.D., Roman, Glass; blown and cut, Height: 2 5/8 in. (6.7 cm), Glass, Translucent pale blue green. Slightly uneven, knocked-off rim; convex side to body, curving in to small, concave bottom. Three evenly-spaced ho...
EditorialGlass cup, Early Imperial, 1st century A.D., Roman, Glass; blown and cut, Height: 2 5/8 in. (6.7 cm), Glass, Translucent pale blue green. Slightly uneven, knocked-off rim; convex side to body, curving in to small, concave bottom. Three evenly-spaced ho...
EditorialGlass beaker with victorious charioteer, Late Imperial, 4th century A.D., Roman, Eastern Mediterranean, Glass; blown and cut, H. 4 1/4 in. (10.8 cm), Glass, Colorless with olive green tinge., Vertical, uneven rim; body tapering downwards with slight co...