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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...
EditorialTankard with dragons, figures in landscapes and ornamental borders, Beer mug made of porcelain, with a spherical body and a C-shaped ear ending in a dragon head. Painted on the glaze in blue, red, green, yellow, eggplant, turquoise, black and gold. The...
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...
EditorialSampler, Medium: silk and cotton embroidery on cotton foundation Technique: embroidered in stem, knot, cross, threaded running, back, cross, and buttonhole stitches with needlelace on plain weave foundation, Five plackets., 1802, embroidery & stitching...
EditorialThe Third Knot (Interlace Pattern with White Medallion), Albrecht D?rer, German, 14711528, Woodcut on off-white laid paper, An intricate knotted design in a circular pattern with a circular central motif., Germany, ca. 1506-7, ornament, Print, Print.
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...
EditorialMap sampler, Elizabeth Evenett, Medium: silk embroidery, wool foundation Technique: cross, satin, stem, split and knot stitches on plain weave foundation, Map of England and Wales within an oval frame. Butterflies and baskets at each corner., England, ...
EditorialThe Judgement of Solomon, Medium: silk embroidery on silk foundation with metal, wood, seed pearls, mica Technique: embroidered in flat satin, stem, and back and knot stitches on seven and one satin foundation. Relief by a variety of looping, wrapping,...
EditorialSampler, Medium: silk, metal-wrapped silk, and flat metal embroidery with paint on silk foundation Technique: embroidered in satin, stem, knot and chain stitches on plain weave, Netto sampler, Leipzig, Germany, after 1795, embroidery & stitching, Sampler.
EditorialSampler, Medium: linen, silk, metal-wrapped silk core, glass beads Technique: embroidered using satin, overcasting, knot, stem and drawnwork stitches on plain weave, Rectangular sampler with a central wreath enclosing text that reads 'Y. A. 1837'. Embr...
EditorialTerracotta mug with lid, Late Classical, ca. 340?320 B.C., Greek, South Italian, Apulian, Terracotta; red-figure, 6 7/8in. (17.5cm), Vases, On the body, head of a woman, On the lid, heads of two women. The mug belongs to a class of examples that are si...
EditorialSaucer dish with hunting scene, lotus scrolls and auspicious symbols, Porcelain dish with round, ribbed wall and scalloped edge, painted in underglaze blue. On the flat a hunting scene with two armed horsemen in a landscape, hunting a hare, the border ...
EditorialTankard with dragons, figures in landscapes and ornamental borders, Beer mug made of porcelain, with a spherical body and a C-shaped ear ending in a dragon head. Painted on the glaze in blue, red, green, yellow, eggplant, turquoise, black and gold. The...
EditorialCandlestick, four-part, four-part consisting of a wide flared circular base decorated with egg frame, a flat fat dish decorated with egg frame, a baluster-shaped shaft above which a disc-shaped knot and a cylindrical candle holder with two round leak h...
EditorialSaucer dish with hunting scene, lotus scrolls and auspicious symbols, Porcelain dish with round, ribbed wall and scalloped edge, painted in underglaze blue. On the flat a hunting scene with two armed horsemen in a landscape, hunting a hare, the border ...
EditorialKnot, conical with ribs and leaf-shaped eye, conical in shape with six ribs coming together in one point and a leaf-shaped eye, Nova Zembla, Behouden Huys, Willem Barendsz, Jacob van Heemskerck, anonymous, Amsterdam, c. 1590 - c. 1596, tin (metal), fou...
EditorialBox with a set of buttons, Buttons of polished and polished steel (24 large, 15 small) in a box of paper lined with fabric and covered with leather, 15 small) in a box of paper covered with leather. The buttons are faintly lobed and feature a double, s...
EditorialSaucer-dish with hunting scene, lotus scrolls and auspicious symbols, Porcelain dish with round, ribbed wall and scalloped edge, painted in underglaze blue. On the flat a hunting scene with two armed horsemen in a landscape, hunting a hare, the border ...
EditorialKnot, Knot covered with silk, Nova Zembla, Behouden Huys, Willem Barendsz, Jacob van Heemskerck, anonymous, c. 1590 - c. 1596, yarn, wood (plant material), metal thread, braiding, h 1.3 cm ? d 1.7 cm.
EditorialTerracotta mug with lid, Late Classical, ca. 340?320 B.C., Greek, South Italian, Apulian, Terracotta; red-figure, 6 7/8in. (17.5cm), Vases, On the body, head of a woman, On the lid, heads of two women. The mug belongs to a class of examples that are si...
EditorialTit (Isis knot) amulet, Late Period?Ptolemaic Period, 525?30 BC, From Egypt, Red Glass, H. 3.1 ? W. 1.2 cm (1 1/4 ? 1/2 in.), Some of the glass amulets from the later Late Period through the Ptolemaic Period can be specifically tied to spells of the Bo...
EditorialRehearsal watch with Alexander cuts the Gordian knot, Men's watch, rehearsal watch, made of gold, in double case. The loose cabinet shows a relief depicting Alexander cutting the Gordian knot., Josh. Martineau Senr., 1740 - 1750 and/or 1740 - 1770, gol...
EditorialLimestone statue of Apollo, Hellenistic, ca. 3rd?1st century B.C., Cypriot, Limestone, Overall: 21 x 8 in. (53.3 x 20.3 cm), Stone Sculpture, The figure can be identified as the god Apollo. His hairstyle, with a knot above the forehead, is that of Apol...
EditorialTit (Isis knot) amulet, New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, ca. 1550?1275 B.C., From Egypt, Northern Upper Egypt, Abydos, Cemetery D, Tomb D33, Egypt Exploration Fund excavations, 1900, Jasper, H. 6.6 cm (2 5/8 in): w. 2.8 cm (1 1/8 in); th. 0.7cm (1/4 in), The t...
EditorialTerracotta mug with lid, Late Classical, ca. 340?320 B.C., Greek, South Italian, Apulian, Terracotta; red-figure, 6 7/8in. (17.5cm), Vases, On the body, head of a woman, On the lid, heads of two women. The mug belongs to a class of examples that are si...
EditorialTit (Isis knot) amulet, Late Period?Ptolemaic Period, 525?30 BC, From Egypt, Red Glass, H. 3.1 ? W. 1.2 cm (1 1/4 ? 1/2 in.), Some of the glass amulets from the later Late Period through the Ptolemaic Period can be specifically tied to spells of the Bo...