EditorialA plot for sale in Dammeron Valley, a small town in Utah that exemplifies the collision between unmapped wildfire risk and America’s feverish housing market, May 9, 2022. (Bridget Bennett/The New York Times)
Editorial? ?? (?) ????????? ?, Landscape in the Style of Yan Wengui and Fan Kuan, Yuan (1271?1368) or Ming (1368?1644) dynasty, late 14th century, China, Handscroll; ink on paper, Image: 9 13/16 x 30 1/2 in. (24.9 x 77.5 cm), Paintings, Zhao Yuan (Chinese, acti...
EditorialPerspective view of the same candelabrum, from 'Vasi, candelabri, cippi, sarcofagi, tripodi, lucerne, ed ornamenti antichi, vol. II' (Vases, candelabra, grave stones, sarcophagi, tripods, lamps, and ornaments).
EditorialCup and Saucer, 1879?83, Made in Chelsea, Massachusetts, United States, American, Earthenware, H. 2 1/2 in. (6.4 cm); Diam. 4 3/4 in. (12.1 cm), Ceramics, Chelsea Keramic Art Works (1872?1889), This rare example of domestic tableware by Chelsea Keramic...
EditorialPrie-dieu, 1855, Austrian, Vienna, Oak and pine veneered with rosewood, tulipwood, ebony and ebonized wood, and micromosaic decoration of various natural and stained woods; modern silk-velvet; coated brass, Overall: 107 1/16 x 41 5/16 x 34 1/4 in. (272...
EditorialCup and Saucer, 1879?83, Made in Chelsea, Massachusetts, United States, American, Earthenware, H. 2 1/2 in. (6.4 cm); Diam. 4 3/4 in. (12.1 cm), Ceramics, Chelsea Keramic Art Works (1872?1889), This rare example of domestic tableware by Chelsea Keramic...
EditorialCovered Sugar Bowl, 1879?83, Made in Chelsea, Massachusetts, United States, American, Earthenware, H. 4 1/4 in. (10.8 cm); Diam. 3 1/2 in. (8.9 cm), Ceramics, Chelsea Keramic Art Works (1872?1889), This rare example of domestic tableware by Chelsea Ker...
EditorialTeapot, 1879?83, Made in Chelsea, Massachusetts, United States, American, Earthenware, H. 4 3/4 in. (12.1 cm); Diam. 3 3/4 in. (9.5 cm), Ceramics, Chelsea Keramic Art Works (1872?1889), This rare example of domestic tableware by Chelsea Keramic Art Wor...
EditorialMaker: Paul Revere, American, 17351818, Waiter, Silver, 13 1/4 ? 17 in. (33.7 ? 43.2?cm), Paul Revere made this silver waiter for Elias Haskett Derby, a Salem, Massachusetts, merchant and owner of the trade ship The Grand Turk. Derbys role as a merchan...
EditorialNiccolo Fiorentino (Niccolo di Forzore Spinelli), Stefano Taverna, (died 1499), Secretary to the Duke of Milan, ca. 1495-1497, bronze, 3 1/8 in. (7.9 cm.), Niccolo Fiorentino ranks among the most prolific and influential Florentine medalists of the fif...
EditorialUnknown Artist, Head of a King, 1220-1230, limestone, 6 1/8 in. x 5 13/16 in. x 5 1/8 in. (15.6 cm. x 14.7 cm. x 13 cm.), This small stylized head of an unidentified biblical king recently has been discovered to have been carved for the area of the cho...
EditorialGiovanni Andrea Maglioli, Sea Monster with a Water Fowl in its Mouth, 1580-1610, engraving on paper, 7 1/16 in. x 10 3/8 in. (17.9 cm. x 26.4 cm.), Maglioli's monsters impress rather than horrify the viewer. In scores of seagoing composite beasts, the ...