EditorialPouch with four pattes, of silk with which the Four Cardinal Virtues are knitted with multicolored glass beads: Caution, Justice, Moderation and Courage, with drawstring and large acorns with tassel, of silk with the Four Cardinal Virtues, with caution...
EditorialCape, Medium: S-spun tussah silk embroidery, Z-spun cotton foundation Technique: embroidered in chain and back stitch with French knots on two layers of plain weave; inner layer of unspun cotton Label: cotton embroidered with tussah silk in chain and b...
EditorialSjees, Sjees without hood, pulled by a horse. There is a man with a stab in the huts, a stick in his right hand and a woman with a fan in her right hand. The image is marked: stk. = Haarlem, mt. = Attributed to Abraham van der Hoeff, and a dolphin, two...
EditorialAquamanile in the form of a lion Aquamanile in the form of a lion Lion-aquamanile, The object cast in cire perdue technique and then partially embellished, the details of which are extended, engraved or punched, has the shape of a lion. This one has a ...
EditorialTwo badges, Carrying sign with a bishop, flanked by Saint Catherine and Saint Barbara, from Mook, Carrier sign of partially gold-plated silver. The round plate is decorated with a border of open-worked leaf ornament in relief, between which animals and...
EditorialEngraved bronze pyxis (small box with lid), Archaic, ca. 675?625 B.C., Etruscan, Bronze, H. 1 13/16 in. (4.6 cm), Bronzes, The engraved decoration, consisting of heraldic animals alternating with stylized plants, is similar to Orientalizing friezes inc...