EditorialGeometry instructing students. France (Paris); circa 1300. (Detail) Geometry, portrayed as a woman with set-square and dividers, teaches a group of students. Originally published/produced in France (Paris); circa 1300. . Source: Burney 275, f.293. Lan...
EditorialSide chair, Mahogany veneered oak and ash (frame), solid mahogany (legs, arms, and back), brass (coasters), Straight-sided front legs, set square, curving outward toward voluted foot; lotus leaf carved on knee, with volute in side of knee. Back legs sq...
EditorialFragment, Medium: linen Technique: printed on plain weave, Very fine, sheer linen plain weave fragment with print in black of outlines of characters in left-hand section of Kufic inscription. Below it, wider band of close-set square units formed of gro...
EditorialSidewall, Block printed on handmade paper, Two vertical rectangles of joined sheets of paper, with one similar and one identical unit of decoration. In the bottom half of each, a pink and green rose wreath, enclosing a diagonally set square in which is...
EditorialGeometry instructing students. France (Paris); circa 1300. (Detail) Geometry, portrayed as a woman with set-square and dividers, teaches a group of students. Originally published/produced in France (Paris); circa 1300. . Source: Burney 275, f.293. Lan...
EditorialThe Holy Family. Book of Hours. Spain; second half of 15th century, after 1461. (Miniature) Office of the Virgin at None. The Virgin seated, with embroidery, and Christ with a tethered bird. Joseph at his workbench using a plane, and his carpentry tool...
EditorialGeometry instructing students. France (Paris); circa 1300. (Detail) Geometry, portrayed as a woman with set-square and dividers, teaches a group of students. Originally published/produced in France (Paris); circa 1300. . Source: Burney 275, f.293. Lan...
Editorial(Whole folio) Pen-and-ink drawing showing proportions of the human body, with a set-square and dividers. Della providentia della chuera. Early 16th century. . Source: Add. 34113, f.71. Language: Italian.