EditorialFragments, Medium: silk and metallic yarns Technique: slit tapestry, Fragments of tapestry roundels and borders from a plain cloth garment, some of which is still visible at the edges of these decorations. The fragments show portions of birds, mytholog...
EditorialBag, Medium: silk, metal-wrapped silk and coils of gilt foil on linen Technique: embroidered in half-cross, tent, couching and bouillon stitches using silk; brick and plaited braid stitches using metal-wrapped silk plus coils of gilt foil on plain weav...
EditorialHygeia, after an Antique Statue in Giustiniani Collection, Rome, Felice Giani, Italian, 17581823, Pen and ink, brush and bistre wash, traces of graphite on laid paper, Woman seated upon rock, raises her right hand with device. Coiling snake sits in her...
EditorialFragments, Medium: silk and metallic yarns Technique: slit tapestry, Fragments of tapestry roundels and borders from a plain cloth garment, some of which is still visible at the edges of these decorations. The fragments show portions of birds, mytholog...
EditorialVase with Coiling Dragon, China, Qing dynasty (16441911), Kangxi mark and period (16621722), Date 167888, China, Porcelain with peach-bloom glaze (Jingdezhen ware); Western mount, H. 8 in. (20.3 cm), Ceramics.
EditorialHonoring the captaincy of Jan Berewout Jan Lanckhorst (1668?1742) Cup from Jan Berewout's captaincy, The round cup has a separate lid. The foot rests on a low, straight-walled base. It is made up of a constricted part with a widened lower edge, and a c...
EditorialPlanorbis raimondi, Print, Planorbis is a genus of air-breathing freshwater snails, aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails, or planorbids. All species in this genus have sinistral or left-coiling shells.
EditorialPlanorbis sudanicus, Print, Planorbis is a genus of air-breathing freshwater snails, aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails, or planorbids. All species in this genus have sinistral or left-coiling shells.
EditorialPlanorbis corneus, Print, Planorbarius corneus, common name the great ramshorn, is a relatively large species of air-breathing freshwater snail, an aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails, or planorbids, whi...
EditorialPlanorbis imbricatus, Print, Planorbis is a genus of air-breathing freshwater snails, aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails, or planorbids. All species in this genus have sinistral or left-coiling shells.
EditorialPlanorbis trigyrus, Print, Planorbis is a genus of air-breathing freshwater snails, aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails, or planorbids. All species in this genus have sinistral or left-coiling shells.
EditorialPlanorbis vortex, Print, Planorbis is a genus of air-breathing freshwater snails, aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails, or planorbids. All species in this genus have sinistral or left-coiling shells.
EditorialPlanorbis, Print, Planorbis is a genus of air-breathing freshwater snails, aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Planorbidae, the ram's horn snails, or planorbids. All species in this genus have sinistral or left-coiling shells.