EditorialTrimming, White, black, and colored silk in uncut velvet weave., Three shields, each under a crown, showing a cross (red on white), a horse (?) under a tree (red, yellow, green, and black), and a double headed eagle (red, black, and white)., Spain, 18t...
EditorialFragment, Medium: silk Technique: plain weave with continuous and discontinuous supplementary weft patterning, Length of woven silk with lace-like serpentine bands framing symmetrical floral elements in pastel colors on an off-white ground., Spain, 18t...
EditorialCover for card case, Medium: silk, paper, paillettes Technique:, Cover is ornamented by bits of brocade showing three openings in paper, which has been cut out in floral and bird designs. Edges of cover are shaped and bound with gilt paper., Italy, 18t...
EditorialPanel, Medium: silk embroidery on linen foundation Technique: embroidered in counted satin, darning and double running stitches on plain weave, Ornament arranged in horizontal bands of openwork and embroidery in stylized designs., Mytilene, Greece, 18t...
EditorialBowl and lid, Earthenware, Bulbous two-handled footed bowl. Bowl is white with row of pearls on foot in blue, blue handles, and pearls under rim. Lids finial is six-footed curled element second element on top in blue, yellow, and red., Switzerland, 18t...
EditorialDrawings and Prints, Album Prints Ornament & Architecture, Livre de Tables de Diverses Formes, Designer, Etcher, Publisher, Jean Bernard Toro, de Rochefort, Jacques-Nicolas Le Pas Dubuisson, French, Dijon 1672?1731 Toulon, French, active first half 18t...
EditorialKnee breeches belonged to the male flok costume in the 18th century. They were made of chamois, wadmal, broadcloth or linen. They were fastened with brooches or buttons, the number and material of which determined the value of the garmet. This late-18t...
EditorialFragment, Medium: silk Technique: plain weave with continuous and discontinuous supplementary weft patterning, Length of woven silk with lace-like serpentine bands framing symmetrical floral elements in pastel colors on an off-white ground., Spain, 18t...
EditorialCover for card case, Medium: silk, paper, paillettes Technique:, Cover is ornamented by bits of brocade showing three openings in paper, which has been cut out in floral and bird designs. Edges of cover are shaped and bound with gilt paper., Italy, 18t...
EditorialPanel, Medium: silk embroidery on linen foundation Technique: embroidered in counted satin, darning and double running stitches on plain weave, Ornament arranged in horizontal bands of openwork and embroidery in stylized designs., Mytilene, Greece, 18t...
EditorialCup with Water Birds, Meissen Porcelain Manufactory, German, active from 1710 to the present, hard paste porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold, Beaker in the form first made in 1737 1740 for the Swan Service. Painted decoration two swans., Germany, late 18t...
EditorialBowl and lid, Earthenware, Bulbous two-handled footed bowl. Bowl is white with row of pearls on foot in blue, blue handles, and pearls under rim. Lids finial is six-footed curled element second element on top in blue, yellow, and red., Switzerland, 18t...
EditorialTrimming, White, black, and colored silk in uncut velvet weave., Three shields, each under a crown, showing a cross (red on white), a horse (?) under a tree (red, yellow, green, and black), and a double headed eagle (red, black, and white)., Spain, 18t...
EditorialTextile, Medium: cotton Technique: roller and block printed on plain weave, Naturalistic flowering vine and flower sprays in allover design in shades of red, blue, violet, and yellow with dark purple outlining. Made into a chair seat., France, late 18t...
EditorialTrimming, Medium: metal strip, metal strip wrapped around silk core Technique: bobbin lace, metallic, Wide border of metallic lace in bold design of large diamond shapes alternating with large floral forms. Outer edge is scalloped., Europe, midlate 18t...
EditorialMint: Paris, Engraver: Augustin Dupr?, French, 17481833, Subject: General Nathanael Greene, American, 17421786, Restrike of bronze medal of Nathaniel Greene, Battle of Eutaw?Springs, Bronze, 90.93 g, 12:00, 56.5?mm, Made in Paris, France, American, 18t...
EditorialEtcher: Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, Italian, 17271804, After: Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, Italian, Venice, 16961770, The Genius of Valor (Courage) Accompanied by Other Allegorical?Figures, Etching, sheet: 37 ? 55.5 cm (14 9/16 ? 21 7/8?in.), Italian, 18t...
EditorialVz: half-figure of warrior to the left, head and profile protrudes above shield, laurel wreath, spear over shoulder, gem, intaglio, carnelian, Color: orange-red, Shape: oval, standing, Processing: in gold ring, :, 23 x 18 mm, D. 4 mm, wt. 7.05 gr., 18t...
EditorialVz: Cupid, standing to the left, has a flying bird on a rope, for him two smaller Cupids to the right, behind them herm, gem, intaglio, glass, Color: green, Shape: oval, lying, Processing: Method of manufacture: 13.5 x 15 mm, D. 4 mm, wt. 1.44 gr., 18t...
EditorialVz: Gigant with legs ending like snakes, kneeling bent to the left, holding stone in his right hand and? in left hand, gem, intaglio, agate, Color: brown white striped, Shape: oval, standing, Processing:, Method: 17,5 x 15 mm, D. 6 mm, wt. 1.9 gr., 18t...
EditorialVz: head of Herakles and profile to the left, curly hair with laurel wreath, lionskin over shoulder knotted, gem, intaglio, carnelian, Color: orange-red, Shape: oval, standing, Processing: in gold ring, Type :, 27 x 21 mm, D. 4.5 mm, wt. 11.88 gr., 18t...
EditorialF: Cupid, sitting to the left, bunch of grapes in raised left hand, swan coming from the left feeding, gem, intaglio, carnelian, Color: orange-red, Shape: rectangular, lying, Processing: in golden ring, Type :, 8.5 x 11.5 mm, D. 2 mm, wt. 2.79 gr., 18t...
EditorialBartolomeo Crivellari, Plate 34: Auriga, the charioteer, falls from the chariot at center, with three horses at left, 'Le Pitture di Pellegrino Tibaldi e di Niccol? Abbate esistenti nell'Instituto di Bologna', Bartolomeo Crivellari (Italian, active 18t...
EditorialHanuman Brings the Mountain of Healing Plants; Rama Extracts the Arrow from Lakshmana as Hanuman and a Bear Prepare to Treat Him (recto); The Monkeys and Bears Fight Ravana and His Demons (verso), from a Lavanyavati, late 1700s. India, Orissa, late 18t...
EditorialWoman in dress decorated with large ribbon raising a telescope, era of Marie Antoinette. Jeune dame en Bergere seduisante. Copperplate etching by Auguste Etienne Guillaumot from Costumes et coiffures du XVIIIe siecle, Costumes and hairstyles of the 18t...
EditorialHanuman Brings the Mountain of Healing Plants; Rama Extracts the Arrow from Lakshmana as Hanuman and a Bear Prepare to Treat Him (recto); The Monkeys and Bears Fight Ravana and His Demons (verso), from a Lavanyavati, late 1700s. India, Orissa, late 18t...
EditorialDrawings and Prints, Album Prints Ornament & Architecture, Livre de Tables de Diverses Formes, Designer, Etcher, Publisher, Jean Bernard Toro, de Rochefort, Jacques-Nicolas Le Pas Dubuisson, French, Dijon 1672?1731 Toulon, French, active first half 18t...
EditorialKnee breeches belonged to the male flok costume in the 18th century. They were made of chamois, wadmal, broadcloth or linen. They were fastened with brooches or buttons, the number and material of which determined the value of the garmet. This late-18t...
EditorialInscribed stones on Seheil Island, Egypt. Over 250 rock inscriptions have been found on the island, placed there by Egyptian officials before they went to Nubia, or upon their return, to commemorate some important act Inscriptions are mostly of the 18t...