EditorialBedcover, Medium: silk, gilded paper on silk core, metallic thread Technique: embroidered on satin weave, Large bedcover of white satin embroidered in allover floral pattern in brilliant colored silks and metallic thread. Design, symmetrically arranged...
EditorialBedcover, Medium: silk, gilded paper on silk core, metallic thread Technique: embroidered on satin weave, Large bedcover of white satin embroidered in allover floral pattern in brilliant colored silks and metallic thread. Design, symmetrically arranged...
EditorialThree vases, part of a garniture Covered vase, painted with pagodas, Chinese landscapes and bouquets, Covered vase, multicolored with pagodas, Chinese landscapes and bouquets ? la chinoise. The base and the top and bottom of the vase are made entirely ...
EditorialTextile with Confronted Birds, Tang dynasty (618?907), early 8th century, China, Silk embroidery on plain-weave silk, Overall: 12 1/4 x 12 1/8 in. (31.1 x 30.8 cm), Textiles-Embroidered, Although symmetry is a basic element of Chinese design, the motif...
EditorialTextile with Confronted Birds, Tang dynasty (618?907), early 8th century, China, Silk embroidery on plain-weave silk, Overall: 12 1/4 x 12 1/8 in. (31.1 x 30.8 cm), Textiles-Embroidered, Although symmetry is a basic element of Chinese design, the motif...
EditorialBowl Emulating Chinese Stoneware, 9th century, Attributed to Iraq, probably Basra, Earthenware; painted in blue on opaque white glaze, H. 2 3/8 in. (6 cm), Ceramics, Ceramics such as this bowl are among the first examples to incorporate calligraphy as ...