EditorialThe aviator’s helmet that Anthony Twiggs is offering for auction. It took persistence — and a professional photo-matching company — to link his mother’s helmet conclusively to Amelia Earhart.? (Shelby Tauber/The New York Times)
EditorialChurch of St. Charles (1716-1737). Left column with spiral decoration depicting scenes from the life of St. Charles Borromeo. The Persistence. Carved by Lorenzo Mattielli (1678/88-1748). Detail. Vienna. Austria.
EditorialChair, Maple, white oak, 17 1/4 ? 8 7/8 ? 8 3/8 in. (43.8 ? 22.5 ? 21.3 cm), This childs rocking chair demonstrates both the persistence of the slat-back chair form into the nineteenth century and the practice of incorporating elements of higher-style ...
EditorialPyx, mid-16th century, Spanish, Toledo, Silver gilt, Height: 7 7/8 in. (20 cm), Metalwork-Silver, Gaspar Gallo (active ca. 1561?86), This pyx, used to hold the wafer of the Eucharist, is inscribed in Latin: 'This is the body of our Lord Jesus Christ.' ...
EditorialPyx, mid-16th century, Spanish, Toledo, Silver gilt, Height: 7 7/8 in. (20 cm), Metalwork-Silver, Gaspar Gallo (active ca. 1561?86), This pyx, used to hold the wafer of the Eucharist, is inscribed in Latin: 'This is the body of our Lord Jesus Christ.' ...
EditorialChurch of St. Charles (1716-1737). Left column with spiral decoration depicting scenes from the life of St. Charles Borromeo. The Persistence. Carved by Lorenzo Mattielli (1678/88-1748). Detail. Vienna. Austria.