EditorialDying man, 'The Dying Socrates', Voltaire (?), Statue of an old man lying on bed, with the head, shoulders and left arm visible above the bedding. The head is reclined, the eyes are open. The left arm is bent and rests on the body. The man is dressed i...
EditorialBedding Down on the Boat (Night on the boat). Charles Fran?ois Daubigny; French, 1817-1878. Date: 1861. Dimensions: 100 ? 119 mm (image); 133 ? 138 mm (plate); 222 ? 252 mm (sheet). Etching on ivory laid paper. Origin: France.
EditorialThe ceremony of bedding the bridegroom and bride on the evening of the second day of Teritte Kallyanum. The bridal pair, still dressed in their finery, take their ease on a silver bed with four posts and curtains, chewing betel, while in the courtyard ...
EditorialMessrs. E.G. Henderson & son's Horticultural establishment, Wellington road, St. John's wood, London. The front flower-beds represnting the effect produced in the months of April and May ny the magnificent collection and variety in colour of the early...
EditorialThe ceremony of bedding the bridegroom and bride on the evening of the second day of Teritte Kallyanum. The bridal pair, still dressed in their finery, take their ease on a silver bed with four posts and curtains, chewing betel, while in the courtyard ...
EditorialTerracotta biconical spindle-whorl, Middle Cypriot, ca. 1900?1600 B.C., Cypriot, Terracotta; handmade, H. 1 5/16 in. (3.4 cm), Spindle whorls aided in the making of cloth for garments and bedding. They were placed in tombs, perhaps so that the deceased...
EditorialTerracotta conical-hemispherical spindle-whorl with rounded base, Early Cypriot III?Middle Cypriot II, ca. 2000?1725 B.C., Cypriot, Terracotta; handmade, H. 1 1/2 in. (3.8 cm), Spindle whorls aided in the making of cloth for garments and bedding. They ...
EditorialTerracotta conical-hemispherical spindle-whorl with flat base, Early Cypriot III?Middle Cypriot II, ca. 2000?1725 B.C., Cypriot, Terracotta; handmade, H. 1 5/16 in. (3.4 cm), Spindle whorls aided in the making of cloth for garments and bedding. They we...
EditorialTerracotta spindle whorl, Middle Cypriot, ca. 1900?1600 B.C., Cypriot, Terracotta; hand-made, H. 1 1/2 in. (3.8 cm), Spindle whorls aided in the making of cloth for garments and bedding. They were placed in tombs, perhaps so that the deceased could con...
EditorialSpherical spindle-whorl with broad flat top and base, Early Cypriot III?Middle Cypriot II, ca. 2000?1725 B.C., Cypriot, Terracotta; hand-made, H. 1 1/4 in. (3.2 cm), Spindle whorls aided in the making of cloth for garments and bedding. They were placed...
EditorialTerracotta biconical spindle-whorl, Possibly Late Cypriot I?II, ca. 1600?1200 B.C., Cypriot, Terracotta; handmade, H. 1 5/8 in. (4.1 cm), Spindle whorls aided in the making of cloth for garments and bedding. They were placed in tombs, perhaps so that t...
EditorialTerracotta conical-hemispherical spindle-whorl, Early Cypriot III?Middle Cypriot II, ca. 2000?1725 B.C., Cypriot, Terracotta; handmade, H. 1 1/2 in. (3.8 cm), Spindle whorls aided in the making of cloth for garments and bedding. They were placed in tom...
EditorialSmall terracotta biconical spindle-whorl, Late Cypriot ?, ca. 1600?1050 B.C., Cypriot, Terracotta; handmade, H. 7/8 in. (2.2 cm), Spindle whorls aided in the making of cloth for garments and bedding. They were placed in tombs, perhaps so that the decea...
EditorialTerracotta biconical spindle-whorl, Possibly Late Cypriot I?II, ca. 1600?1200 B.C., Cypriot, Terracotta; handmade, H. 1 3/16 in. (3 cm), Spindle whorls aided in the making of cloth for garments and bedding. They were placed in tombs, perhaps so that th...