EditorialTextile, Medium: cotton, wool Technique: slit tapestry; nonhorizontal wefts; note: loomed width 36.5cm, All-over pattern of diagonal bands patterned by interlocked birds in red, yellow and black. The Predominate color of each stripe alternates between ...
EditorialPurse, Medium: wool embroidery on linen foundation Technique: embroidered in brick stitch on plain weave foundation, Envelope-style purse embroidered solidly in brilliantly colored wools in bargello or flame stitch. Reds, pinks and yellows predominate,...
Editorialfireplace screen, Adriana Suzanna van Leeuwen, fire screen 1840-1850, embroidery between 1850-1855, textile, mahogany, wool, embroidered, General: 120.4 x 76.9 x 39.2cm 1204 x 769 x 392mm, weapon sign, woman, man, mahogany fireplace screen with twisted...
EditorialStudy of a Figure in a Niche (Saint Ambrose; recto); Architectural Studies: Four Alternative Designs for Fictive Niches and an Unrelated Design with Garlands (verso), ca. 1560-67.
EditorialStudy of a Figure in a Niche (Saint Ambrose; recto); Architectural Studies: Four Alternative Designs for Fictive Niches and an Unrelated Design with Garlands (verso), ca. 1560-67.
EditorialStudy of a Figure in a Niche (Saint Ambrose; recto); Architectural Studies: Four Alternative Designs for Fictive Niches and an Unrelated Design with Garlands (verso), ca. 1560-67.
EditorialFragment, 5th?9th century, Attributed to Egypt or Syria, Silk; samite, Textile: H. 6 in. (15.3 cm), Textiles-Woven, The design of this silk fragment consists of three rows, each containing three compartments. Pearl borders, floral motifs, palmettes and...