EditorialCase in Shape of a Covered Jar, China, Qing dynasty (16441911), Date 19th century, China, Silk, metallic thread, spangle, 11 1/4 x 3 3/4 in. (28.57 x 9.53 cm), Textiles-Embroidered.
EditorialGold spangle, Autographa bractea 1,2, Euchalcia modestoides 3,4, Lamprotes c-aureum 5 and Panchrysia deaurata 6. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Johann Carl Bock after Eugenius Johann Christoph Espers Die Schmetterlinge in Abbildungen nach der Na...
EditorialNeedle side strip with zigzag scraps, Side branches that grow to the right on a tight, horizontal branch, to which forgetful mites and three types of calyxes, double contour, consisting of a leaf and a pearl border, while a 'spangle' is applied to each...
EditorialStrip of needle lace with zigzag scraps, Side branches grow to the right on a tight, horizontal branch, to which forget-me-nots and three types of calyx flowers. a pearl border, while a 'spangle' is applied to every point. There is a scattering pattern...
EditorialNeedle lace strip with zigzag scraps, Side branches that grow to the right on a tight, horizontal branch, on which forgetful mites and three types of calyx flowers, The sharp zigzag scallops have a double contour, consisting of a leaf and a pearl borde...
EditorialGold spangle moth, Autographa bractea (Phalaena Noctua bractea). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by James Sowerby from The British Miscellany, or Coloured figures of new, rare, or little known animal subjects, London, 1804.
EditorialGold spangle moth, Autographa bractea (Phalaena Noctua bractea). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by James Sowerby from The British Miscellany, or Coloured figures of new, rare, or little known animal subjects, London, 1804.
EditorialThe set-too between Old Price and Spangle Jack the Shewman - fought with unabated vigour for nine rounds & yet undecided, engraving 1809, A pugilistic encounter, over new theater prices, between John Philip Kemble, tall and muscular, and Old Price, a m...
EditorialSpangle butterfly, Papilio protenor. Illustration drawn by George Shaw and engraved by Richard Polydore Nodder. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from George Shaw and Frederick Nodder's The Naturalist's Miscellany, London, 1803.
EditorialThe set-too between Old Price and Spangle Jack the Shewman - fought with unabated vigour for nine rounds & yet undecided, engraving 1809, A pugilistic encounter, over new theater prices, between John Philip Kemble, tall and muscular, and Old Price, a m...