EditorialHigh-Back Windsor High?Chair, White oak, sycamore, hickory, 38 3/4 ? 14 3/8 ? 10 1/4 in. (98.4 ? 36.5 ? 26 cm), Windsor chairs began to be made in America in the 1740s. They were constructed from a variety of woods, the properties of each suitable for ...
EditorialFaustine L?o (1832?1865), 1842, Oil on canvas, 39 3/8 x 32 in. (100 x 81.3 cm), Paintings, Henri Lehmann (French, Kiel 1814?1882 Paris), Lehmann executed several portraits, both painted and drawn, of his first cousin Faustine L?o. This portrait clearly...
EditorialMask, 12th?9th century B.C., Mexico, Mesoamerica, Tlatilco, Ceramic, H. 5 1/5 in. (13.2 cm), Ceramics-Sculpture, Masks in ancient Mexico came in all shapes and sizes and ranged from those that clearly depict human faces to those that appear bizarre and...
EditorialSatyr, ca. 1530, Copper alloy with a reddish brown patina; the base and shell with a dark brown patina., H. 25 cm., Metalwork-Bronze, Workshop of Desiderio da Firenze (Italian, born Florence, active Padua, 1532?45), Workshop of Severo Calzetta da Raven...
EditorialStudy for 'The Ferry', after 1829, Watercolor and graphite, sheet: 3 3/4 x 5 in. (9.5 x 12.7 cm), Drawings, Peter De Wint (British, Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent 1784?1849 London), This small work shimmers with intensity. Bold, fluid strokes of watercolor-ste...