EditorialCover. Italy. Date: 1601-1625. Dimensions: 50.8 x 50.1 cm (20 x 19 5/8 in.) Embroidered: repeat: 9.5 x 9.8-10.8 cm (3 1/4 x 3 7/8-41/4 in.). Linen, plain weave; embroidered with silk and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk in back, hem, overcast, satin, and...
EditorialFrieze, Xavier Mader, Dufour et Leroy, Block-printed and flocked paper, Fans of ostrich plumes emerging behind sunburst of jewels, over which are drapery swags rendered in flock; this bound by a string of pearls and emeralds. Swags are caught up with j...
EditorialSampler, Medium: silk embroidery on linen foundation Technique: embroidered on plain weave, Small embroidered sampler with a grid composition of three by five squares, each with a different geometric pattern including diamonds, stripes and zigzags; wor...
EditorialHandkerchief of batist with an edge bobbin lace with cartouches and sloping tendrils with oval leaves on either side, Handkerchief of batist finished with a strip of Brussels bobbin lace. Square model with rounded corners along which the side strip is ...
EditorialOval firepot on three legs with medallion, flowers and a grid, Oval test or porcelain firepot on three legs and with S-shaped ear, painted in underglaze blue. On the wall a medallion with a flower group with on each side flower branches behind a fence ...
EditorialRound finger bowl dress from bobbin lace with facing c-volutes and winding ribbons, Finger bowl dress from natural-colored bobbin lace. Round model. The repeating pattern consists of two facing c-volutes. Each volute is made with a narrow ribbon in lin...
EditorialPlate with on the shelf a Chinese landscape with buildings and three figures on a bridge, Plate of earthenware with blue transfer decor. On the flat a Chinese landscape with buildings, a boat, three figures on a bridge, and two birds in the sky. The ed...
EditorialHandkerchief made of batist with a wide edge application side with u-shaped decorative bands, Handkerchief made of batist with a wide edge of natural colored application side: bobbin lace appliqued on machine tulle. Square model with round center piece...
EditorialOctagonal silver canister, Octagonal silver canister. Along the upper edge a Louis XIV applique of grid work and tassels. An engraved monogram on one of the sides., Arnoldus van Essen, 1752, silver (metal), h 12.0 cm ? l 7.6 cm ? w 6.5 cm ? w 224 gr.
EditorialFire basket, on three legs, with cut-away tray and a semicircular back plate, Fire basket of yellow copper on three legs, smooth closed container with openwork front and decorated with two buttons, high, semicircular back plate, loose iron grid., anony...
EditorialCup with a grid, Porcelain cup with a cylindrical body and angular ear, painted on the glaze in red, green, black and gold. The outside of the head is covered with greenery, with twice a golden medallion with a rooster in a landscape. On the outside wa...
EditorialHandkerchief of batist with an edge bobbin lace with cartouches and sloping tendrils with oval leaves on either side, Handkerchief of batist finished with a strip of Brussels bobbin lace. Square model with rounded corners along which the side strip is ...
EditorialRound dress from spool lace with a network of large hexagons with shaping strokes in the center, Dress from natural-colored spool lace. Round model. In the center, the dress consists of an open network of large hexagons made in leaf-shaped form and dou...
EditorialCover. Italy. Date: 1601-1625. Dimensions: 50.8 x 50.1 cm (20 x 19 5/8 in.) Embroidered: repeat: 9.5 x 9.8-10.8 cm (3 1/4 x 3 7/8-41/4 in.). Linen, plain weave; embroidered with silk and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk in back, hem, overcast, satin, and...
EditorialStar-shaped tile with flower sprays and an inscription, Tile made of quartz frit, star-shaped, with luster painting with flower sprays in a grid and a band with a (psuedo) inscription., anonymous, Kashan, c. 1250 - c. 1324, earthenware, glaze, luster (...
EditorialFish grid, Fish grid on three legs and a profiled handle with a ring at the end. The trivet has six bars with a wide, flat fish on top. The timetable is marked, but the marks are illegible, kitchen utensils, fishes, anonymous, Netherlands, c. 1650, sil...
EditorialCover. Italy. Date: 1601-1625. Dimensions: 50.8 x 50.1 cm (20 x 19 5/8 in.) Embroidered: repeat: 9.5 x 9.8-10.8 cm (3 1/4 x 3 7/8-41/4 in.). Linen, plain weave; embroidered with silk and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk in back, hem, overcast, satin, and...
EditorialCover. Italy. Date: 1601-1625. Dimensions: 50.8 x 50.1 cm (20 x 19 5/8 in.) Embroidered: repeat: 9.5 x 9.8-10.8 cm (3 1/4 x 3 7/8-41/4 in.). Linen, plain weave; embroidered with silk and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk in back, hem, overcast, satin, and...