EditorialEmbroidery, Medium: silk, metal thread on linen Tecnhnique: running sittch embroidery and couched metal thread, Linen, embroidered in red silk and metal thread. Pattern of detached motifs in alternate rows; one row a stylized plant evolved from fleur-d...
EditorialPleated fan, Angelica Kauffmann, (Swiss, 17411807), Painted parchment leaf, painted and gilded ivory sticks carved ? jour, glass stone, Pleated fan with painted parchment leaf. Obverse: two side rectangular panels; one with a landscape and cows; the ot...
EditorialPleated fan, Parchment and silk leaf, gilded and painted with gouache, painted and gilded ivory and mother-of-pearl sticks, brilliant set in pin, Pleated fan. Parchment and silk leaf, gilded and painted with gouache. Obverse: scene of playing maidens a...
EditorialPleated fan, Raphael, (Italian, 14831520), Painted parchment leaf; molded and carved celluloid sticks, Folding fan with plain celluloid sticks in imitation of ivory. Guards carved with rococo designs. Parchment leaf painted in gouache with a large grou...
EditorialPleated fan, Painted and gilded parchment leaf, carved and pierced ivory sticks, mother-of-pearl washer, Pleated fan with painted and gilded parchment leaf. Sticks of carved and pierced ivory fretted on edge to form pattern. Mother-of-pearl washer at t...
EditorialPleated fan, Painted parchment leaf, carved and pierced ivory sticks inlaid with mother-of-pearl, mother-of-pearl thumb guard, metal rivet, Pleated fan with leaf of parchment painted on both sides. An allegorical wedding scene in classical imagery. By ...
EditorialDrum, as depicted at the Night Watch, Wooden drum with copper nails on the front., anonymous, Netherlands, c. 1600 - c. 1700, wood (plant material), parchment (animal material), h 45.5 cm ? d 48 cm ? h 455 mm ? d 470 mm.
EditorialNicholas Hilliard, Queen Elizabeth, Elizabeth I (1533-1603), Queen of England, c. 1586-87, Portrait of Queen Elizabeth I, 1533-1603, painting, portrait, from 1586 until 1587, Watercolor, on vellum, Watercolor on parchment, Height, 3.2 cm (1.2 inch).
EditorialPortrait of an officer, presumably R.T. van Kruissen, probably R.T. van Kruissen, in ivory box. Bust, facing the uniform of the Regiment von Pabst. Part of the collection of portrait miniatures, historical persons, Simon Schaasberg, 1790 - 1795, parchm...
EditorialInitial N: Two Men Speaking before a King and Another Man Exchanging a Goblet for a Purse of Money with a Jew, Unknown, Michael Lupi de ?andiu (Spanish, active Pamplona, Spain 1297 - 1305), Northeastern Spain, Spain, about 1290 - 1310, Tempera colors, ...
EditorialInitial E: A Christian and a Jew Transacting the Sale of a Golden Goblet, Unknown, Michael Lupi de ?andiu (Spanish, active Pamplona, Spain 1297 - 1305), Northeastern Spain, Spain, about 1290 - 1310, Tempera colors, gold leaf, and ink on parchment, Leaf...