EditorialDesign for a Decorative Aedicula, Pen and ink, brush and sepia wash, graphite on laid paper, Vertical rectangle. Design for a shrine standing upon a two-stepped base, with roof supported by four columns, those behind connected by a wall with a niche. A...
EditorialDesigns for Ceiling Decorations, with Plan of Spectators' Room of a Theater, Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 17461809, Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper, A) At left: an octagonal attic frame is inscribed into an oblong, with a ...
EditorialBand, Medium: linen Technique: grid of laid cords with needle lace, reticella style; edge of punto in aria, Deep band with a regular lattice each square contains a small flower within a circle with leaf-like forms extending to the edges. This lattice s...
EditorialEarrings, Gold, enamel, mosaic, 'Florentine Mosaic' parure, set in gilt metal filigree and granule decoration surrounding circles (upper portion of earrings), and half-circles of porcelain or enamel. The parure is composed of: brooch; pendant locket; p...
EditorialWindow shade, Block-printed, Printed in wide band near bottom edge: gray half-circles under beading, alternating with motif resembling cast-iron fence. Overprinted with stylized floral motifs. Bell flower pendants below. Printed in gray, metallic gold,...
EditorialTextile, Medium: cotton Technique: block printed on plain weave, Birds rest on branches that extend from basket or vase full of flowers. Above birds are ribbon-like swags that form half-circles. Half-drop repeat printed in red, blue and black. Four min...
EditorialBand, Medium: linen Technique: bobbin lace, continuous braid-like, Band fragment with a central pair of continuous running lines that form circles containing rosettes. Between the circles are smaller half-circles filled with rosettes., Italy, 17th cent...
EditorialBands, Medium: linen Technique: needle lace, Two small bands of Argentan lace with a border of lumpy half circles. Field is filled with small floral sprigs., France, 18th19th century, lace, Bands.
EditorialCover, Medium: linen Technique: needle lace (reticella) Label: linen needle lace (reticella), Reticella squares joined by a band of sheer linen with reticella insertions finished with a three-inch pointed reticella edge. The designs are circles, half c...
EditorialSide chair, Parcel-gilt fruit wood, Open square back with design of one full and two half-circles interlocked, with a pierced cartouche at the mid-point. Straight moulded seat rails, caned seat. Legs are round, straight, tapered, and with reeded flutes...
EditorialDesign for a Baptismal Font, Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 17461809, Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on lined off-white laid paper, The bowl has a plan of a rectangle, the short sides of which are supported by half circles. It is supported by an o...
EditorialTrimmings, Medium: silk Technique: velvet, Narrow bands of trimming with crisscrossing leaf and flower design with guard borders of half-circles in cut pile of red, green, and yellow on a white foundation., possibly France, late 18thearly 19th century,...
EditorialDesign for the Grand Staircase at the Royal Palace of Caserta, Italy, Pen and black ink, brush and gray wash, graphite on laid paper; verso: graphite, Section and half of the lowest flight of the stair shown in bird's eye view. The plan is an ovoid. Ov...
EditorialCorner?Table, Mahogany, eastern white pine, soft maple, black cherry, 25 3/4 ? 33 7/8 ? 17 7/16 in. (65.4 ? 86 ? 44.3 cm), The triangular top of this table?is diagonally hinged to a similarly shaped drop leaf to form a square top when opened. The Baroq...
EditorialAn ovoid lamp of light red earthenware with a round, flat mirror surrounded with concentric circles and the small filling hole in the middle. The shoulder, which gradually overflows into the spout, is decorated with half circles, spirals and stripes. T...
EditorialOne-sided three-layer comb.Type: comb with hemispherical handle blade.Creation: incised sawtooth decoration, lines, half circles, dot circles and half-point circles. Both handles: not decorated identically. Well the same motifs, but the placement is di...
EditorialA dark red-nested light with a round body. The round mirror is surrounded by a thick rim with a large filling hole. The shoulder is decorated with half circles. At the back an upright wash out. The wide, horizontally closed spout is decorated with an u...
EditorialThe seal is round in shape and has a rectangular plate at the top through which an eye is attached. The motif of the seal looks like a sun from which in three directions three rays and in one case two rays come. The triangular spaces that remain betwee...
Editorialbronze knife with worked edge, decorated with a small scratched edge of half circles, handle flattened, knife, metal, bronze, 16,5 x 1,7 x 0,7 cm, prehistoric, Switzerland, unknown, unknown, Estavayer-le-lac.
EditorialStrip of needle lace with small dense and large open circles, Strip of natural-colored needle lace - reticella - between open edges for sewing: work with pulled-out threads. The repeating and symmetrical pattern consists of one row of squares, which ar...
EditorialFragment light side with embroidered partially flung stripes, semicircles, scalloped rectangles, decorative flowers and rays, Fragment (A) light side with embroidered partially flung stripes, whole and half circles, rectangles with scalloped edge, grac...
EditorialKindermitaine from crochet lace, Kindermitaine from natural-colored crochet lace. Network of rows of cut-away circles and narrow straight lines with blocks and half circles. Slightly tapered rectangular model. The mitaine can be tied up at the top by m...
EditorialCovered bowl with a putto in a medallion, Porcelain covered bowl with a slightly ribbed wall, painted on the glaze in blue, red, pink, green, yellow, black and gold. On the outside wall twice a bird in a landscape. Bouquets and scatter flowers in betwe...
EditorialCover of a bowl with a putto in a medallion, Cover of a porcelain bowl with a slightly ribbed wall, painted on the glaze in blue, red, pink, green, yellow, black and gold. Decorated with twice a bird in a landscape. Bouquets and scatter flowers in betw...
EditorialStrip of needle lace with small dense and large open circles, Strip of natural-colored needle lace - reticella - between the edges of open sewing: work with pulled-out threads. The repeating and symmetrical pattern consists of one row of squares, which...
EditorialBowl with a putto in a medallion, Porcelain bowl with a slightly ribbed wall, painted on the glaze in blue, red, pink, green, yellow, black and gold. On the outside wall twice a bird in a landscape. Bouquets and scatter flowers in between. On the edge ...
EditorialKindermitaine from crochet lace, Kindermitaine from natural-colored crochet lace. Network of rows of cut-away circles and narrow straight lines with blocks and half circles. Slightly tapered rectangular model. The mitaine can be tied up at the top by m...
EditorialFragment velvet with multicolored embroidery, Fragment velvet with multicolored embroidery. The fragment is triangular and has three half-circles of silver-colored yarn along one side. An oval in silver color is embroidered in the middle., Germany, c. ...
EditorialStrip of needle lace with small dense and large open circles, Strip of natural-colored needle lace - reticella - sewing between edges open: work with pulled-out threads. The repeating and symmetrical pattern consists of one row of squares, which are ma...
EditorialTea tablecloth made of bobbin lace with four-pointed star in diamond-shaped grid, Tea tablecloth made of natural-colored bobbin lace: Cluny lace. Square model with deep scallop edge. The outline of a four-pointed star is in the square midfield, in a ve...
EditorialFragment light side with embroidered partially flung stripes, semicircles, scalloped rectangles, decorative flowers and rays, Fragment (A) light side with embroidered partially flung stripes, whole and half circles, rectangles scalloped edge, graceful ...
EditorialDress from bobbin lace with one whole circle between four half and four quarter circles, Dress from natural-colored Genoese bobbin lace. Rectangular model. The dress is divided into four with a horizontal and vertical line. Around each corner of the fo...
EditorialOrnament with leaves and a band with half circles. Draughtsman: Gerrit Willem Dijsselhof. Dating: 1876 - 1924. Measurements: h 100 mm ? w 164 mm.
EditorialOrnament with leaves and a band with half circles. Draughtsman: Gerrit Willem Dijsselhof. Dating: 1876 - 1924. Measurements: h 100 mm ? w 164 mm.
EditorialDoor jamb of the rock-cut temple of Beit al Wali, Kalabsha, Egypt. Two cartouches. Top: the bee and half-circles for " King of Upper and Lower Egypt, King of two Lands". Bottom cartouche: the name of Pharaoh Ramses II (1290-1224 BCE), 19th Dy...