EditorialSaint Mary's altar in Cracow. " Sunday-side, " open wings: center Saint Mary's death, above: Saint Mary received by Christ, top: coronation of Saint Mary. Wings: the main holidays: Annunciation, Birth, Magi; Resurrection, Ascension and Whitsu...
EditorialTextile Market, Cracow, from Au Pied du Sina?. Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec; French, 1864-1901. Date: 1897. Dimensions: 177 ? 144 mm (image); 330 ? 231 mm (sheet). Color lithograph on ivory wove paper. Origin: France.
EditorialThe saltmines of Wieliczka near Cracow produced roughly one third of the Polish kings' income. With its enormous machinery made of huge timbers, the mine was an early tourist attraction-even poet Goethe went down the shafts. The cathedral-like main hall.
EditorialFrancis Maslowski, Sash, Polish, Cracow, ca. 17871830, Polish, Cracow, Silk and metal thread, L. 165 x W. 26 inches (419.1 x 66.0 cm), Textiles-Woven.
EditorialTwo sets of Polish scale-armour (Karacena) with leopard skins, helmets and sabers. All metal parts lined with red velvet. Helmets with feathers, helm cap with silk edge.
EditorialCracow's main square, the " Rynek Glowny" with the famous Renaissance textile market, the " Sukiennice", built by Italian architect Giovanni Maria Padovano, 1556-1559. Textile merchants offered their wares in the shops inside the el...