EditorialJohn Loudon McAdam (1756-1836). Scottish civil engineer and road-builder. He invented a road surface using a technique of draining and laying down roads made of succesive layers of small broken stones, which were compacted by traffic. In the background...
EditorialSquare, Medium: silk on linen Technique: buttonhole and seed stitches on plain weave, Embroidered pattern of tightly compacted scrolling vines and flowers in red silk on a ground of white linen. Pattern forms a border around the edge of the square with...
EditorialJamavar?Shawl, late 18th?century, Interlocking twill tapestry weave; goat's wool, 42 ? 129 7/8 in. (106.7 ? 329.9?cm), In the early years of Mughal rule, India turned to Persia for artistic guidance, encouraging the emigration of Persian artisans ...
EditorialJohn Loudon McAdam (1756-1836). Scottish civil engineer and road-builder. He invented a road surface using a technique of draining and laying down roads made of succesive layers of small broken stones, which were compacted by traffic. In the background...
EditorialExtraction of bitumen, Bituminous water is cooked in pots and compacted, woodcut, p. 469, (Liber duodecimus), Manuel, Hans Rudolf (graveur sur bois), 1556, Georgius Agricola: De re metallica libri XII: quibus officia, instrumenta, machinae, ac omnia de...