EditorialEmbroidery, Medium: silk, cotton Technique: silk embroidered on plain weave, Horizonal panel with deep border embroidered in row of large flowering wreaths in blues, blue-greens, shades of rust; touches of white, black and yellow whithin the guard stri...
EditorialTextile, Medium: cotton Technique: warp and weft resist (ikat) on handwoven plain weave, Alternating warp stripes of light blue and white intersect with blue and white weft stripes to form a large scale plaid pattern with both solid color and ikat stri...
EditorialFragment, Medium: cotton Technique: warp-faced plain weave with warp ikat patterning, painting and gilding, Fragment of a fabric patterned by a group of fine light blue, ivory and light brown stripes alternating with a group of slightly wider ikat stri...
EditorialSpoon, the stem of which is crowned by a Virgin and Child, The cast spoon has a beaten oval bowl, a stem with a triangular attachment, passing into a pillar, on which the Virgin and Child., anonymous, West-Europa, c. 1400 - c. 1600, brass (alloy), stri...
EditorialArm cover left, black, iron, consists of a shoulder plate, crooked arm pipe, elbow pipe and lower arm pipe. The shoulder plate is articulated and has black rivets and a double decorative line parallel to the flanged edges. An iron buckle above the stri...
EditorialHead of a Sphinx, Middle Kingdom, Dynasty 12, ca. 1981?1878 B.C., From Egypt, Quartzite, h. 18 cm (7 1/16 in) w. 12.5 cm (4 15/16 in) d. 21 cm (8 1/4 in), The uraeus serpent marks the royal status of this person, who is wearing an unusual wig with stri...
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