EditorialBorder, Block-printed on handmade paper, The edgings consist of two bands of imitation woven flowers. Between them is an assortment of flowers and foliage positioned along an undulating stem. Block-printed with shiny, oily pigments on joined sheets of ...
EditorialSidewall, Block printed on handmade paper, Vertical rectangle; the end of a roll composed of joined sheets. Fleurons and squares, brown and yellow, in alternating rows, with remainder of background covered by a foliate arabesque. The printed motifs sim...
EditorialEmergency coin from Leiden, struck during the Spanish siege in 1574, Emergency coin from Leiden: twenty penny pieces. Made from compressed sheets of misbooks. Quarter of a guilder. Front: climbing lion to the left, lifting the sword in the right front ...
EditorialTravel accessories with sewing, toilet and writing utensils, Travel accessories with turtle, high rectangular model with bombed lid with silver handle, two flaps with silver buttons, standing on silver legs and with sewing, toilet and writing materials...
EditorialEmergency coin from Leiden, struck during the Spanish siege in 1574, Emergency coin from Leiden: twenty penny pieces. Made from compressed sheets of misbooks. Quarter of a guilder. Front: climbing lion to the left, lifting the sword in the right front ...
EditorialIvory notebook with five sheets, a cut band and silver clasp, Rectangular notebook with a hinge point at the bottom and on the top a lock, both of silver. the book opens like a fan and contains five thin, flat sheets, between a front and back decorated...
EditorialNecklace, 1845?50, Seed pearls, mother-of-pearl, horsehair, silk and yellow gold, L. 20 in. (50.8 cm), Jewelry, This seed pearl necklace is composed of three floral plaques mounted on thin sheets of mother-of-pearl and joined by two double strands of p...
EditorialStrings used to bind papyrus, Late Period, Dynasty 26?30, 664?332 B.C., From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Sheikh Abd el-Qurna, Tomb (M04), Forecourt rubbish, 1913?14, Plant fiber, Not measured, Discovered in the debris from the forecourt of a tomb at Th...
EditorialStove oak, painted as if covered with white tiles; on one side, and top coated with metal sheets (tin-lead alloy); Tray fire coals of brass with openwork front; four copper trays with three separate gratings, c. 1750, oak, copper, brass alloy, h 7.2 cm...