EditorialCarpet with Niche and Flower Design, mid-17th century, Made in India or Pakistan, Kashmir or Lahore, Cotton (warp and weft), silk (weft), wool (pile); asymmetrically knotted pile, Textile: L. 61 in. (154.9 cm), Textiles-Rugs, This weaving is part of a ...
EditorialPortrait of a Woman, ca. 1480, Tempera on wood, 19 1/4 x 13 7/8 in. (48.9 x 35.2 cm), Paintings, Piero del Pollaiuolo (Piero di Jacopo Benci) (Italian, Florence 1441/42?1485/96 Rome), Some of the most distinguished female portraits produced in Florence...
EditorialTextile, 13th century, Attributed to Syria, Silk; warp faced plain weave, Textile: L. 17 in. (43.2 cm), Textiles-Woven, The intricate pattern on this textile features paired griffins, foxes, and birds arranged among vine scrolls and palmette trees. The...
EditorialTusk Fragment with Christ Enthroned, 810?1010, Attributed to Egypt, Ivory; carved, H. 4 5/8 in. (11.7 cm), Ivories and Bone, The close similarity of this fragment to the image of Christ with angels on the Ascension ivory suggests that ivory carvers car...
EditorialSofa, ca. 1800, Made in Salem, Massachusetts, United States, American, Mahogany, white pine, birch, 38 1/2 x 76 x 25 1/2 in. (97.8 x 193 x 64.8 cm), Furniture, Attributed to Samuel McIntire (1757?1811), The shape of this sofa derives from plate 35 in T...
EditorialStorage Jar (Aryballos), 15th?early 16th century, Peru, Inca, Ceramic, H. 8 5/8 x W. 7 3/8 x D. 5 3/4 in. (21.9 x 18.8 x 14.6 cm), Ceramics-Containers, One of the most distinctive Inca ceramic forms developed in the Cuzco area is the so-called Cuzco bo...