EditorialTablet with part of the Babylonian Chronicle, southern Iraq, Neo-Babylonian, 550-400 BCE. This tablet is one of a series that summarizes the principal events of each year from 747 BCE to at least 280 BCE. Each entry is separated by a horizontal line an...
EditorialEmpedocles, standing frontally with his head turned in three-quarter view, directs his gaze toward a flame (the crater of Mount Aetna?) emerging from a horizontal ground line, a walking stick leans toward the right margin.
EditorialPenant table with two half oval shaped marble tops with gallery, Penant table glued with rosewood and satin wood on an oak core. The half-oval, white-marble top rests on four square posts, placed on conical legs decorated with gilt bronze rings. The po...
Editorialfireplace with a representation of the evangelist Marcus, Fireplace, Hieronymus with the lion, fireplace with a representation of the evangelist Marcus with a stylus and a scroll. A lion at his feet. In the background a landscape with some trees. A hor...
EditorialManner of raising an open across the horizontal line, as well as creating 2 covered aisles, Illustration of various types of bridges from the 18th century, Tab. II, after p. 52, 1766, Caspar Walter: Br?cken-Bau, oder Anweisung, wie allerley Arten von B...
EditorialFragment, Medium: linen Technique: needle lace, Fragment of Argentan lace cut away from its ground. Horizontal stripes are crossed by one diagonal line., France, 18th century, lace, Fragment.
EditorialStucco Decoration, Pen and ink, brush and sepia on paper, At the upper left is an oblong with hemicycles above and below with a man sitting inside. Outside, a volute motif, intended to be repeated four times with motif of the background left undecorate...
Editorialsample book, Anonymous, last quarter of the 18th century, morocco, cloth, cardboard, ink, paper, Wallet with cloth samples. The portfolio contains a red moroccan leather cover printed with ECHANTILLONS DE LA FABRIQUE DE DRAPS A LEIDE. The portfolio con...
Editorialsample book, Anonymous, last quarter of the 18th century, morocco, cloth, cardboard, ink, paper, Wallet with cloth samples. The portfolio contains a red moroccan leather cover printed with ECHANTILLONS DE LA FABRIQUE DE DRAPS A LEIDE. The portfolio con...
Editorialsample book, Anonymous, last quarter of the 18th century, morocco, cloth, cardboard, ink, paper, Wallet with cloth samples. The portfolio contains a red moroccan leather cover printed with ECHANTILLONS DE LA FABRIQUE DE DRAPS A LEIDE. The portfolio con...
EditorialHalstow (Kent). Drawing showing the area around Halstow in Kent. This map is drawn on rectangular sheet lines, enclosed by a black border. Fields are coloured brown where cultivated, and green or blank if untilled. Marshland dominates this estuarine la...
EditorialTeagown (robe d?interieur) Dress with Lace Panels, Dress of pong? silk printed with red roses in between entredeuxs of machine embroidery on machine tulle. The fabric is alternately white and translucent striped and printed with red roses with black / ...
EditorialUnilateral three layer comb. Type: Fragment of a long comb. Decoration: Horizontal lines running parallel to the edges of the handle blade and a horizontal double line decoration placed in the center of the handle. Shape: Elongated, straight base, slig...
EditorialSketchbook Page with Hare Hunt and Falcons, Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 15231605, Pen and ink, brush and bistre on paper, Horizontal rectangle. Two horsemen come from the left foreground. One of them with a falcon standing on his lef...
EditorialFrieze, Maxwell & Co., S.A., Chicago, Illinois, USA, Machine-printed paper, liquid mica, Art Nouveau / Mission Style. Alternating large bouquets of three flowers with small singular flower, all with large curling leaves. Connected by foliate scrolls, a...
EditorialDesign for a Woven Horizontal Border of the 'Fabrique de St. Ruf,' Unfinished, Fabrique de Saint Ruf, Lyon, France, Brush and white gouache on glazed tracing paper pasted on paper, The right part is shown. An eagle with a laurel bough stands on top of ...
EditorialFour Left Halves of Escutcheons, Gilles-Marie Oppenord, French, 16721742, Pencil, pen and brown ink with grey wash, partial framing line in red chalk, Horizontal rectangle., Recto: Four left halves of escutcheons decorated with scrolls, leaves and surm...
EditorialDesign no. 12 for an Embroidered or Woven Horizontal Border of the 'Fabrique de St. Ruf', Fabrique de Saint Ruf, Lyon, France, Brush and white gouache on glazed tracing paper pasted on paper, A fantastical plant rises from the hollows of an undulated l...
EditorialDesign for an Inkstand, Pen and ink, brush and gray-black wash, black chalk on paper, Horizontal rectangle. Shown from above. An ovoidal tube is supported by two entablatures, upside down. Two decorative rings are shown at the front. In the middle of t...
EditorialDrawing, Graphite, pen and ink, brush and watercolor on paper, Horizontal rectangle. At left is a wash stand with three legs. In the center is a vanity table, shown obliquely, with four lion feet in green bronze. Ornaments are of the same material, so ...
Editorialrifle, Anonymous, 17th century, wood, iron, brass, engraved, Flintlock rifle with a so-called box barrel of a target rifle. The cock is engraved with a snake wrapped around the cock screw and there is a lofty volute as if it were a continuation of the ...
EditorialDesign for a Triumphal Arch in Honor of the Polish General Skrzynecki, Josef Georg Kornh?usel, Austrian, 1782 - 1860, Brush and watercolor, pen and ink, graphite on blue paper, Horizontal format architectural design for a triumphal arch, an opening thr...
EditorialDesign for an Embroidered or Woven Horizontal Border of the 'Fabrique de St. Ruf,' Unfinished, Fabrique de Saint Ruf, Lyon, France, Incised line, pen and ink, brush and white gouache on glazed tracing paper, A slightly undulated bough with a cluster of...
EditorialViews of Artisana Volcano from or near Quito, and a Cloudy Sky over a Mountain Ridge, Ecuador, Frederic Edwin Church, American, 18261900, Graphite, brush and white gouache on cream-colored paper, Horizontal view of Artisana peaks and a lower mountain r...
EditorialFragment, Medium: linen Technique: needle lace, Fragment of Argentan lace cut away from its ground. Horizontal stripes are crossed by one diagonal line., France, 18th century, lace, Fragment.
Editorialrifle, Anonymous, 17th century, wood, iron, brass, engraved, Flintlock rifle with a so-called box barrel of a target rifle. The cock is engraved with a snake wrapped around the cock screw and there is a lofty volute as if it were a continuation of the ...
EditorialMountain Landscape on the Road to Mocho, Ecuador, Frederic Edwin Church, American, 18261900, Graphite on light brown paper, Horizontal view of mountain peaks and clouds, probably including Chimborazo on the upper half of sheet with a line separating th...
EditorialButton, Copper, nickel plating, A) Copper center with pierced and engraved nickel border; B) Nickel plated button with copper band and gouging on nickel C) Nickel plated button with engraved cooper band D) Cooper button with stripes of horizontal and v...