EditorialCollar with breast flap from machine side with cloudy rosette flowers, Collar with breast flap from natural colored machine side. Cloudy pattern with rosette flowers and feathered leaves between which various ornamental grounds. Around the collar, a bo...
EditorialJewel cabinet with watch, probably ca. 1765?70, British, London, Case: agate, mounted in gilded copper and gilded brass and set with painted enamel on copper plaques, and fruitwood; Dial: white enamel, Overall: 13 1/2 ? 9 3/4 ? 7 1/2 in. (34.3 ? 24.8 ?...
Editorial"Hyde Park, Riding Dress." "The front hair combed plain; the sides and hind hair in ringlets. Black beaver hat, with a gold band and tassels; round blue ostrich feather placed in the front of the hat. Riding dress of blue cloth. Double plaiting of Vale...
EditorialA tournament in the presence of Philipp, son of Emperor Maximilian I, (left of column, with high Duke's cap), and of his wife, Juana, Queen of Castile. Wool and silk, with gold-and silver thread 470 x 560 cms, Brussels, around 1495.
EditorialStudy of a Nude Man Holding Bottles, ca. 1715?16, Black, red, and white chalk., 10 7/8 x 8 7/8 in. (27.7 x 22.6 cm), Drawings, Antoine Watteau (French, Valenciennes 1684?1721 Nogent-sur-Marne), The four large oval paintings of the Seasons commissioned ...
EditorialPersonification of the province and county of Hainaut Title page for: D'annales de la province and comt? d'Hainau, 1648, The personification of the province and county of Hainaut, in the form of a woman, sitting on a lion with a scepter and a city crow...
EditorialPair of Lappets. France, Valenciennes. Date: 1780-1799. Dimensions: a: 59.8 ? 9.2 cm (23 1/2 ? 3 5/8 in.) b: 59.3 ? 9.0 cm (23 1/4 ? 3 1/2 in.). Linen, bobbin straight lace of a type known as "Valenciennes" with a round Valenciennes mesh ground. Origi...
EditorialPair of Lappets (Joined). France, Valenciennes. Date: 1775-1785. Dimensions: 112.3 x 9.6 cm (44 1/4 x 3 3/4 in.). Linen, bobbin straight lace of a type known as "Valenciennes" with a square Valenciennes mesh ground. Origin: Valenciennes.
EditorialLappet. France, Valenciennes. Date: 1740-1749. Dimensions: 63.1 ? 12.0 cm (24 3/4 ? 4 3/4 in.). Linen, bobbin straight lace of a type known as "Valenciennes" with a five hole mesh ground. Origin: France.
EditorialPair of Lappets. France, Valenciennes. Date: 1725-1729. Dimensions: a: 59.8 ? 10.8 cm (23 1/2 ? 4 1/4 in.) b: 59.6 ? 10.7 cm (23 1/2 ? 4 1/4 in.). Linen, bobbin straight lace of a type known as "Valenciennes" with five hole and snowflake mesh grounds....
EditorialBorder. France, Valenciennes. Date: 1715-1725. Dimensions: 6 x 124.6 cm (2 3/8 x 49 in.) Width repeat: 11.5-11.8 cm (4 1/2-5 1/8 in.). Linen, bobbin straight lace of a type known as "Valenciennes" with a five hole mesh ground. Origin: Valenciennes.