EditorialDeath of Willem III, Bronze Medal. Obverse: man's chest piece with laurel wreath inside an inscription. Reverse: inscription, William III (Prince of Orange and King of England, Scotland and Ireland), Christian Wermuth, Gotha, 1702, bronze (metal), stri...
EditorialHandkerchief of batist on which embroidery with a man running after his horse, Handkerchief of natural-colored batist with embroidery - white work - and around an edge bobbin lace: Valenciennes lace. Square model with rounded corners set on by the stri...
EditorialChintz fragments, Medium: cotton Technique: mordants for black, 2 reds and brown applied by pen and brush; blue applied by brush over resist; speckled effect made by mixing a red mordant with another substance; chintz on plain weave Painted, Three stri...
EditorialEmbroidery, Medium: silk, cotton Technique: silk embroidered on plain weave, Horizonal panel with deep border embroidered in row of large flowering wreaths in blues, blue-greens, shades of rust; touches of white, black and yellow whithin the guard stri...
EditorialTextile, Medium: cotton Technique: warp and weft resist (ikat) on handwoven plain weave, Alternating warp stripes of light blue and white intersect with blue and white weft stripes to form a large scale plaid pattern with both solid color and ikat stri...
EditorialChintz fragments, Medium: cotton Technique: mordants for black, 2 reds and brown applied by pen and brush; blue applied by brush over resist; speckled effect made by mixing a red mordant with another substance; chintz on plain weave Painted, Three stri...
EditorialLeg with Shoe and Stocking, Plated brass, leather, In the form of a woman's leg from knee down, with bowed, low healed shoe; red leather wrapped around curvaceous calf to simulate stocking. Oval lid at top, hinged at back, release button at front. Stri...
EditorialFragment, Medium: silk Technique: 5-harness satin damask, Close-set small repeat of composite leaf framed by four bars set angles, upright and reversed in alternate rows. Stri? grass green with broad twill selvage with narrow pink and white stripes., F...
EditorialFragment, Medium: cotton Technique: warp-faced plain weave with warp ikat patterning, painting and gilding, Fragment of a fabric patterned by a group of fine light blue, ivory and light brown stripes alternating with a group of slightly wider ikat stri...
EditorialDesign for the Embroidery of a Man's Waistcoat, Graphite, pen and ink, brush and watercolor, brush and Chinese white on paper, Lower left section of a waistcoat. Below the pocket a spray of large flowers filling the space toward the corner, with a stri...
EditorialHandkerchief of batist on which embroidery with a man running after his horse, Handkerchief of natural-colored batist with embroidery - white work - and around an edge bobbin lace: Valenciennes lace. Square model with rounded corners set on by the stri...
EditorialFoundation of the Blucher club in Hamburg, Obverse: man's chest piece inside oak and laurel branch bound together Reverse: inscription, Hamburg, Gebhard Leberecht frost Bl?cher von Wahlstatt, Monogrammist K (19e eeuw), Germany, 1816, iron (metal), stri...
EditorialHandkerchief of batist on which embroidery with a man running after his horse, Handkerchief of natural-colored batist with embroidery - white work - and around an edge bobbin lace: Valenciennes lace. Square model with rounded corners set on by the stri...
EditorialLiberation of the Netherlands, Silver Medal with a hole in it and a ring. Front: two hands clasped together within the cover. Reverse: inscription within wreath of olive and oak leaves, Netherlands, anonymous, England, 1813 - 1814, silver (metal), stri...
EditorialCity of Antwerp, lead that gave out the right to bread, Copper Medal. Front: two opened hands above castle within an inscription. Reverse: monogram of letters A and B above the year within the inscription, Antwerp, anonymous, 1666, copper (metal), stri...
EditorialMarriage of Bernhard II, Duke of Saxony-Meiningen, Silver Medal. Obverse: crowned monogram between olive branches above inscription. Reverse: inscription, Meiningen, Bernhard II (duke of Saxony-Meiningen), anonymous, Germany, 1816, silver (metal), stri...
EditorialNicolaas Witsen, mayor of Amsterdam, Bronze Medal. Front: man's bust inside the inside. Reverse: wall that is smashed with battering ram inside a circumscription, Amsterdam, Nicolaes Cornelisz. Witsen, anonymous, Netherlands, 1688, bronze (metal), stri...
EditorialSpoon, the stem of which is crowned by a Virgin and Child, The cast spoon has a beaten oval bowl, a stem with a triangular attachment, passing into a pillar, on which the Virgin and Child., anonymous, West-Europa, c. 1400 - c. 1600, brass (alloy), stri...
EditorialStrip of spool lace with triangular field with splicing branch, Strip of natural spool of lace: Mechelen lace. The repeating pattern consists of a triangular field, based on the bottom of the strip and a top that ends slightly below the top of the stri...
EditorialWillem I Frederik, King of the Netherlands, Bronze Medal. Front: man's bust inside the inside. Reverse: blank field within wreath of olive branches, Willem I Frederik (King of the Netherlands), Joseph Pierre Braemt, Brussels, 1817, bronze (metal), stri...
EditorialArm cover left, black, iron, consists of a shoulder plate, crooked arm pipe, elbow pipe and lower arm pipe. The shoulder plate is articulated and has black rivets and a double decorative line parallel to the flanged edges. An iron buckle above the stri...
EditorialBalthasar Bekker, pastor in Amsterdam, deposed by the synod in Alkmaar, Silver Medal. Front: man's bust inside the inside. Reverse: inscription under sun breaking through clouds, Amsterdam, Alkmaar, F. de Winter, Netherlands, 1692, silver (metal), stri...
EditorialMachine-made insert with oak leaves, Machine-made insert: machine embroidery on machine lawn. The pattern consists of a slightly wavy thin center line, with an oak leaf and a dot on each side immediately after each other. The top and bottom of the stri...
EditorialVictory over the Swedes at Ferbellin, Silver Medal. Obverse: image of stroke within the circumference. Reverse: inscription, Fehrbellin, Brandenburg, Frederik Willem Brandenburg (I) van, Monogrammist HR (medailleur), Germany, 1675, silver (metal), stri...
EditorialJustus Lipsius, professor at Leiden, Jena and Leuven, Bronze Medal. Obverse: bust of man within the inscription. Reverse: pile of books above inscription, University of Leiden, University of Leuven, Adolphe Jouvenel, Antwerp, 1848, bronze (metal), stri...
EditorialPhilip II and Isabella, King and Queen of Spain, Copper Medal. Front: man's bust inside the inside. Reverse: bust of a woman inside a wrap, Philip II (king of Spain), Elisabeth of Valois (queen of Spain), anonymous, Wallonie, 1560, copper (metal), stri...
EditorialBobbin-lace strip or cuff with a large slanted leaf and a bunch of oval flowers or berries, Natural-colored bobbin lace strip, Binche lace. The repeating and continuous pattern consists of a large leaf that goes down diagonally from the top of the stri...
EditorialCity of Antwerp, lead that gave out the right to bread, Copper Medal. Front: two opened hands above castle within an inscription. Reverse: monogram of letters A and B above the year within the inscription, Antwerp, anonymous, 1666, copper (metal), stri...
Editorial25-year marriage of Rochus Wilberningh and Maria Snel, Silver diamond with round stamp, one-sided Front: crowned coat of arms between two palm branches. Reverse: blank., Rochus Wilberningh, Maria Snel, anonymous, Netherlands, 1681, silver (metal), stri...
EditorialCuff made from spool lace composed of different strips and narrow inserts made from cotton, Cuff made from natural spool lace: Valenciennes lace. Slightly curved rectangular model with scalloped edge on three sides. The cuff consists of four short stri...
EditorialDeath of Willem III, Bronze Medal. Obverse: man's chest piece with laurel wreath inside an inscription. Reverse: inscription, William III (Prince of Orange and King of England, Scotland and Ireland), Christian Wermuth, Gotha, 1702, bronze (metal), stri...
EditorialWillem Frederik George Lodewijk, heir to the Netherlands, Silver oval medal. Front: man's bust inside the inside. Reverse: year within laurel wreath, William II (King of the Netherlands), Pierre Wautier van de Goor, Brussels, 1816, silver (metal), stri...
EditorialHead of a Sphinx, Middle Kingdom, Dynasty 12, ca. 1981?1878 B.C., From Egypt, Quartzite, h. 18 cm (7 1/16 in) w. 12.5 cm (4 15/16 in) d. 21 cm (8 1/4 in), The uraeus serpent marks the royal status of this person, who is wearing an unusual wig with stri...