Editorial'Peintures decoratives du theatre du Franconi dans le grand carre des champs elysees 1833', F?lix-Jacques Duban, French, 1798 - 1870, Watercolor, graphite Support: off-white paper mounted on off-white paper, Design for painted decorations. The upper ba...
EditorialTextile, Medium: cotton Technique: block-printed resist, vat dyed in indigo, on cotton plain weave, Three pieces of what once was the same length of fabric with manufacturer's marks (no name) on the back. Design of pomegranite-like shape and arching le...
EditorialTextile, Medium: cotton Technique: block printed using resist, then vat dyed in indigo on plain weave, Pomegranate-like shapes within a frame of arching leaves. Two repeats across width. In blue on white., France, 17501800, printed, dyed & painted text...
EditorialPlate 3, 'Cahier de Blan?oires Chinoises', Jean-Baptiste Pillement, French, 17281808, Jean-Jacques Avril the Elder, French, 1744 - 1831, Etching on paper, Two Chinese figures balance on a slender see-saw with disks for eats at either end, supported in ...
EditorialPool in the Woods, William Trost Richards, American, 18331905, Brush and wash, traces graphite on wove paper., Woodland scene with two tall trees at lower right arching over stream that meanders from foreground to waterfall in the right distance. Other...
EditorialVersailles, Gardens, Water Theatre, Etching and engraving. Black ink on rolled paper., Vertical rectangle: At left and right foreground, the corners of tiers of bunches. At center a raised stage with small lowered fountains at its forefront. In the sta...
EditorialCandelabra in the shape of a woman with bowl, Formerly Johannes W. F. Collection Reimers (Hamburg), clay, hand-modeled, pressed into the mold, disc-shaped, painted (ceramic), clay, Total: Height: 20.5 cm; Width: 8.6 cm; Depth: 7.6 cm; Diameter: 8.8 cm ...
EditorialProbably by Charles Plumerel, Double Bass and Bow, French, Probably by Charles Plumerel (French, mid-19th century), mid to late 18th century, Mirecourt, France, French, wood, brass, 89.4.491 a: Body length: 1125/1120 cm (top/back) (442.9/440.9 in.); Up...
EditorialViola, 1757, New York, New York, United States, American, Wood, Height: 16 7/16 in. (41.8 cm), Chordophone-Lute-bowed-unfretted, Robert Horne (British, active United States ca. 1767?1773), This viola is the oldest extant American violin family instrume...
EditorialFigure with Amor, putti and fauns, Image or group of statues of porcelain in biscuit. In the center an arching Amor kneeling on a column. Musician putti and fauns stand around the column. The figures stand on a rock, which turns into a round pedestal. ...
EditorialDesign for an Armor Helmet with Tournament Headdress, ca. 1620?56 , Black ink, Sheet: 16 3/4 x 11 5/8 in. (42.5 x 29.5 cm), Possibly by Baccio del Bianco (Italian, Florence 1604?1656 Escorial) (and workshop), Side view of a design for an armor helmet w...
EditorialViola, 1757, New York, New York, United States, American, Wood, Height: 16 7/16 in. (41.8 cm), Chordophone-Lute-bowed-unfretted, Robert Horne (British, active United States ca. 1767?1773), This viola is the oldest extant American violin family instrume...