EditorialCup with personifications of the four continents, inserted soil. Cylindrical body. The four continents are depicted on the body. Europe is personified by the Amsterdam mayor Joan Huydecoper (1599-1661), with a feathered hat, standing in front of his Go...
EditorialOne of eighteen designs for a series of plates illustrating Venus and Adonis, Hablot Knight Browne, 18151882, British, undated, Graphite, brown chalk, watercolor and white gouache on medium, slightly textured, brown wove paper, Sheet: 6 5/8 ? 6 5/8 inc...
EditorialHand guard, Oval tsuba with a man with a horse with branches or straw forests in front of a mountain landscape with pine trees in iroe-taka-zogan, at the rear a landscape and a hut and a waterfall., anonymous, Japan, 1600 - 1900, iron (metal), gold (me...
EditorialCup with personifications of the four continents, inserted soil. Cylindrical body. The four continents are depicted on the body. Europe is personified by the Amsterdam mayor Joan Huydecoper (1599-1661), with a feathered hat, standing in front of his Go...
EditorialPaul on his way to Damascus, Ronde, lead plaque, surrounded by a leaf edge. in the center of the foreground, Paul falls off his horse, looking up at the heavenly vision in which Christ appears to him. on his right, figures on horseback, frightening for...
EditorialHand guard, Rounded rectangular tsuba with at the front a man with a horse at a hut that looks at a dragon in the clouds in relief and iroe-taka-zogan, at the rear a mountain landscape with a waterfall and pine trees., anonymous, Japan, 1800 - 1900, Ed...
EditorialDish, Saucer-dish with a horse in a landscape, Porcelain dish with a scalloped edge, painted in underglaze blue. On the shelf a star-shaped cartouche with a horse in it, seen in short from the rear, in a landscape with rocks and trees. The corners of t...
EditorialInflation and tight supplies are the big reasons Christmas trees cost more this year. Still, there are some things you can do to keep the price down and still have a natural tree. (Thomas Fuchs/The New York Times)
EditorialPlate with three figures in a landscape near a village, Porcelain plate, painted in underglaze blue. On the flat a landscape with three people, trees and hills. In the background a village and a church tower. The inner edge with a wave pattern. The out...
EditorialCup with personifications of the four continents, inserted soil. Cylindrical body. The four continents are depicted on the body. Europe is personified by the Amsterdam mayor Joan Huydecoper (1599-1661), with a feathered hat, standing in front of his Go...
EditorialAlong with much else on the holiday shopping list, Christmas trees, both real and fake, are more expensive this year. (Till Lauer/The New York Times)
EditorialAlong with much else on the holiday shopping list, Christmas trees, both real and fake, are more expensive this year. (Till Lauer/The New York Times)
EditorialCharred eucalyptus trees that were burned in wildfires at the beginning of June in Pa'auilo, Hawaii, June 26, 2021. (Michelle Mishina Kunz/The New York Times)
EditorialSampler, Susannah Cathells, American, Medium: silk embroidery on cotton foundation Technique: embroidered in cross, satin and stem stitches on plain weave foundation, Two verses with baskets of flowers, an inscription, and in the lower third, a landsca...
EditorialSampler, Medium: silk embroidery on linen foundation Technique: satin, stem and couching stitches on plain weave, Detached motifs including floral borders, flowering sprays, trees, animals, birds and a house. Maker's name unreadable., Mexico, 19th cent...
EditorialSampler, Ruth Bolerworth, Medium: silk and metal thread embroidery, wool foundation Technique: cross, tent, satin and stem stitches on plain weave, Alphabets, crowns and verse. Top: Cross borders with trees, flowers, insects, and fruit. Bottom: Scene o...
EditorialSampler, Judith Clarke, English, Medium: silk embroidery on linen foundation Technique: embroidered in chain, button hole, running, knot, couching, cross, eyelet, stem and whipped chain stitches on plain weave foundation, Top half: five alphabets follo...
EditorialCoffeepot, Doccia Porcelain Factory, Italian, established 1735, hard paste porcelain, vitreous enamel, Pear form with sea serpent form spout and C-scroll handle. In predominantly manganese palette with blue accents. One side with a landscape scene with...
EditorialSampler, Susan Cuming, English, Medium: silk embroidery on wool foundation Technique: embroidered in cross, satin, chain, and running stitches on a plain weave foundation, Eagle, band of trees, verse, 'Have not Eve and Adam taught us/ their sad profit ...