EditorialPearl button rim engraved with rope-like design, 1770-1800. A gilt collet enclosing a blue glass disc with gilt star and leaf decoration., Produced in Birmingham., Social history, 18th Century, Glass, Manufacturers, Metal, Birmingham history, Costume, ...
EditorialDesign for a Decorative Ewer, Jean-Charles Delafosse, French, 17341791, Pen and black ink, brush and wash, black chalk on white laid paper, Handle of ewer consists of swan kissing harpy who is encircled by a crouching female satyr. The body is decorate...
EditorialDesign for a Decorative Ewer, Jean-Charles Delafosse, French, 17341791, Pen and black ink, brush and wash, graphite on white laid paper, Handle of ewer consists of a swan rising from the lap of mermaid. Two putti support a shell which serves as spout. ...
EditorialSidewall, Machine-printed, Hexagon motif with light tan center containing a tiny pencil line design indark tan and old red. Border of hexagon also in light tan with a pencil line design of circles in deep tan. Between the hexagon is a continuous rope-l...
EditorialDiagonal Stripes, Mulberry paper (kozo washi) treated with fermented persimmon tannin (kakishibu), and silk threads (itoire), Diagonal stripes alternate between zig-zag, plain and rope-like stripes. Silk threads are added to support the stencil structu...
EditorialBorder, Machine-printed paper, ungrounded, Uncut borders printed eight across the width. Bands of stylized green leaves on brown background with thin rope-like band on top and bottom. Printed in light green, green, brown and dark brown on ungrounded pa...
EditorialCeiling paper, Cresswell & Washburn Ltd, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1880 - 1900, Machine-printed paper, liquid mica, Pink floral bouquets with bows connected by rope-like ribbon between which is a small pink floral motif. Cream ground. Printed in pink...
EditorialPearl button rim engraved with rope-like design, 1770-1800. A gilt collet enclosing a blue glass disc with gilt star and leaf decoration., Produced in Birmingham., Social history, 18th Century, Glass, Manufacturers, Metal, Birmingham history, Costume, ...
EditorialFire plate with Dutch lion, cast iron plate, with a semicircular top. At the center is the crowned Hollandse Leeuw in the enclosed Hollande Garden with a gateway at the front. On either side the year 1629. The whole is surrounded by several decorative ...