EditorialWaistcoat fronts, Medium: silk Technique: embroidered on ribbed plain weave, Two waistcoat fronts, in ribbed off-white silk are joined together. Fronts are embroidered in multicolored silks with a large floral designs along the bottom edge and up the c...
EditorialDesign in Berlin Wool Work, J. Bedford & Co., English, Chromolithograph on joined sheets of impressed, wove paper, Vertical sheet illustrating a design for knotted berlin work that depicts a repeated oval of mauve roses on a teal blue ground. Between t...
EditorialCeiling paper, Machine-printed paper, liquid mica, Two-flower bouquets, surrounded by foliate scrolls that form a diagonal treillage pattern with smaller two-flower bouquets and foliate tendrils in the resulting square negative spaces. Ground is white ...
EditorialSquare, Medium: cotton Technique: embroidered, Embroidered square with a geometrical and striped design is divided into four sections by blue and olive green bands. Each section has a pair of two flower stems, highly geometricized. Design has a strong ...
EditorialCeiling paper, Imperial Wall Paper Co., Sandy Hill, New York, Machine-printed paper, textured, liquid mica, Treillage pattern of pink and green floral vining, with bouquets and foliate scrolls. Ground is light green and embossed in a grid-like pattern....
EditorialFragment, Medium: linen Technique: bobbin lace, continuous braid-like, Band fragment with two lobed oval tabs has scrolling lines set in a grid-like framework that supports the lower half of the tabs., Italy, early 17th century, lace, Fragment.
EditorialNotebook, Medium: silk, metal, cardboard Technique:, Small notebook covered in silk thread in shades of green, yellow and gold in a grid-like design outlined with gold. The threads are laid tightly across the surface of the cardboard in groups. Three l...
EditorialEl Greco (Domenikos Theotokopoulos): Annunciation, El Greco (Domenikos Theotokopoulos), Possibly 17th century, Oil on canvas, This painting depicts the Annunciation, a popular subject for Renaissance artists, when the Virgin Mary learns she will give b...
EditorialEl Greco (Domenikos Theotokopoulos): Annunciation, El Greco (Domenikos Theotokopoulos), Possibly 17th century, Oil on canvas, This painting depicts the Annunciation, a popular subject for Renaissance artists, when the Virgin Mary learns she will give b...