EditorialSnuffbox with Mars saying goodbye to Venus while Amor tries to stop him. The scalloped box, with a straight back, has a hinged lid. The bottom is surrounded by a profile edge. It contains a plate, driven by an asymmetrical fantasy structure built from ...
EditorialDesigns for two doorknockers, Richard de Lalonde, French, active 178096, Pen and black ink, brush and watercolor on white laid paper, Design for two doorknockers, scroll-shaped, decorated with acanthus leaf motifs. Bottom fills center of S-curve, examp...
EditorialFrieze, Gledhill Wall Paper Co., New York, New York, founded 1900, Machine-printed paper, textured, Scrolling acanthus motif with 'S' curve alternates with rose bouquet with similar shape. Background shades from light tan at top to darker tan at bottom...
EditorialCoca bag, Medium: wool Technique: Section A) complimentary warps, plain weave; Section B) warp-faced plain weave, Flat bag, woven in alternate perpendicular stripes of red with geometric pattern, green and tan with geometric pattern; narrow green with ...
EditorialCandlestick with snuffers, Silver, brass, Chamber candlestick with stepped base, scalloped at bottom. Two s-curve branches support ringed sockets. Finial at center. Ring handle with thumb rest. Candle snuffer is a small hollow cone with ball finial. Un...
EditorialTextile, Medium: silk Technique: float weave patterning: plain weave with supplementary warps and discontinuous supplementary weft patterning, either free floating or bound on the front as a 1\3 twill, Patterned silk with a blue ground and an 'S' curve...
EditorialDesigns for two doorknockers, Richard de Lalonde, French, active 178096, Pen and black ink, brush and watecolor on white laid paper, Knocker seen in right profile in the form of an arabesque decorated with acanthus leaf motifs. Rosette button fills cen...
EditorialTureen, Pen and ink, brush and watercolor on paper, Design for a tureen with alternative suggestions. On top of cover is a putto supporting an escutcheon with a crown. C-and S-curve decorations throughout. Scrolling feet and handles with masks. Right h...
EditorialFlagon, Spun, cast and engraved silver, Long tapering neck on a bulbous circular form body with inscription around the waist, raised on pedestal foot, the handle a moulded strap S-curve. Inscription: 'They Drank of the Spiritual Rock'., Philadelphia, P...
EditorialTextile, Medium: silk, metal-wrapped silk-core threads Technique: plain weave with discontinuous supplementary wefts (brocading), Length of woven silk, brocaded with an undulating pink ribbon forming an overall S-curve, interspersed with baskets of flo...
EditorialSeat cover, Medium: wool Technique: tapestry weave, Tapestry weave seat cushion in a curvilinear shape with an ivory field and light green border. Central musical trophy is framed by C and S-curve cartouche with roses and ribbon, in the Rococo Revival ...
EditorialDressing?Table, American black walnut, southern yellow pine, 29 1/16 ? 33 7/16 ? 20 11/16 in. (73.8 ? 85 ? 52.5 cm), The positive and negative outline of the semicircular notches and drops on the skirt of this dressing table is well suited to the aesth...
EditorialSnuffbox with Mars saying goodbye to Venus while Amor tries to stop him. The scalloped box, with a straight back, has a hinged lid. The bottom is surrounded by a profile edge. It contains a plate, driven by an asymmetrical fantasy structure built from ...
EditorialGold snuff box with a passionate representation of Vertumnus and Pomona, accompanied by Venus and Amor. The rectangular box, with swiveled corners, has a hinged lid. He rests on a profiled stand ring. The wall of the box describes a faint S-curve. The ...
EditorialSnuffbox with Mars saying goodbye to Venus while Amor tries to stop him. The scalloped box, with a straight back, has a hinged lid. The bottom is surrounded by a profile edge. It contains a plate, driven by an asymmetrical fantasy structure built from ...
EditorialTea chest of tortoise with three silver rectangular bushes, The rectangular chest of tortoise on oak, mahogany and violet wood is covered on the inside with green velor. It has a hinged lid, an interior divided into three compartments by means of two s...
EditorialGold snuff box with a passionate representation of Vertumnus and Pomona, accompanied by Venus and Amor. The rectangular box, with swiveled corners, has a hinged lid. He rests on a profiled stand ring. The wall of the box describes a faint S-curve. The ...