EditorialMaker: Unknown, Finial or Ornament in the Shape of Two Hunters Carrying a?Deer, A.D.?400700, Copper or copper alloy, 6 ? 6.2 ? 2 cm (2 3/8 ? 2 7/16 ? 13/16?in.), During the declining years of the Moche empire of the North Coast of Peru, metalsmiths emp...
EditorialLifting device for fresh pieces of alloys, The fresh alloyed pieces can be lifted with a crane, woodcut, p. 412, (Liber undecimus), Manuel, Hans Rudolf (graveur sur bois), 1556, Georgius Agricola: De re metallica libri XII: quibus officia, instrumenta,...
EditorialPositive Organ, 17th century, Germany, German, Woods, metal alloys, leather and various materials., L. 162.5 cm (64 in.), W. 105.5 cm (41-1/2 in.), H. 95 cm (37-1/2 in.), Aerophone-Organ, The organ is housed in a rectangular softwood case with six gilt...
EditorialPositive Organ, 17th century, Germany, German, Woods, metal alloys, leather and various materials., L. 162.5 cm (64 in.), W. 105.5 cm (41-1/2 in.), H. 95 cm (37-1/2 in.), Aerophone-Organ, The organ is housed in a rectangular softwood case with six gilt...
EditorialMail Shirt, dated A.H. 1232/A.D. 1816?17), Indian or Iranian, Iron, copper alloys, leather, as mounted, H. approx. 30 in. (76.2 cm); as mounted, W. approx. 21 in. (53.5 cm); laid flat, L. 34 in. (86.3 cm); laid flat, W. 78 3/4 in. (200 cm), Mail, The s...
EditorialAndr? Fran?ois Alloys de Theys d'Herculais (1692?1779), 1727, Oil on canvas, 54 1/4 x 41 1/2 in. (137.8 x 105.4 cm), Paintings, Nicolas de Largillierre (French, Paris 1656?1746 Paris).
EditorialShield, late 15th century, Turkish or Mamluk, Steel, copper alloys, Diam. 18 3/8 in. (46.7 cm), Wt. 3 lb. 7 oz. (1546 g), Shields, This shield, engraved with large cartouches enclosing floral arabesques, may have originated in fifteenth-century Iran.