EditorialFragment, 4th?5th century, Attributed to Egypt, Linen, wool; tapestry weave, Textile: H. 10 3/4 in. (27.3 cm), Textiles-Costumes, Late antique textiles from Egypt vary widely in their design, technique, and quality. This textile is particularly notable...
EditorialFragment of a Tabula (Square) with Birds and Pomegranates in a Vine Scroll, 5th?7th century, Attributed to Egypt, Wool, linen; tapestry weave, Textiles-Woven, Tunics and domestic furnishings were often decorated with orbiculi and tabulae (round and squ...
EditorialSutra Cover with Gourds on a Vine Scroll, China, Ming dynasty (13681644), Date 16th century, China, Silk satin with supplementary weft patterning, Overall: 5 x 14 1/4 in. (12.7 x 36.2 cm), Textiles-Woven.
EditorialFragment of a Band with Vine Scroll and Leaves, 16th-17th century. Italy, 16th-17th century. Needle lace, filet/lacis (knotted ground and darned in two directions); bleached linen (est.); overall: 15 x 63.8 cm (5 7/8 x 25 1/8 in.).
EditorialReliquary, ca. 1175?1200 (rock crystal); early 19th century (setting), Made in France (?), French (?), Gilded copper, rock crystal, glass, and parchment, Overall: 13 7/8 x 12 5/8 x 6 1/4 in. (35.2 x 32.1 x 15.8 cm), Metalwork-Copper, The core of this o...
EditorialCenser Frame with Inhabited Vine Scroll, 6th century, Made in Syria, Byzantine, Copper alloy, Overall: 6 5/8 x 5 3/8 in. (16.8 x 13.7 cm), Metalwork-Copper alloy, The cavorting putti in the vine scroll represent the good life and may be associated with...
EditorialCircular Fragment with a Vine Scroll Motif, 1000?1100, Byzantine, Cloisonn? enamel, gold, diam. 11/16 x 3/16 in. (diam. 1.7 x .4 cm), Enamels-Cloisonn?.
EditorialCarpet with vine scroll and palmette pattern, late 19th century, Indian, probably Poona, Wool pile on cotton foundation., Length: 4.7 m., Textiles-Rugs.
EditorialIndo-Persian carpet with vine scroll and palmette pattern, second half of the 17th century, Indo-Persian, Wool pile on cotton foundation., Length: 5.5 m., Textiles-Rugs.
EditorialIndo-Persian carpet with vine scroll and palmette pattern, second half of the 17th century, Indo-Persian, Wool pile on cotton foundation., Length: 5 m., Textiles-Rugs.
EditorialIndo-Persian carpet with vine scroll and palmette pattern, ca. 1625 (or earlier), Indo-Persian, Wool pile on cotton foundation., Length: 7 m., Textiles-Rugs.
EditorialFragment, 4th?5th century, Attributed to Egypt, Linen, wool; tapestry weave, Textile: H. 10 3/4 in. (27.3 cm), Textiles-Costumes, Late antique textiles from Egypt vary widely in their design, technique, and quality. This textile is particularly notable...
EditorialFragment of a Tabula (Square) with Birds and Pomegranates in a Vine Scroll, 5th?7th century, Attributed to Egypt, Wool, linen; tapestry weave, Textiles-Woven, Tunics and domestic furnishings were often decorated with orbiculi and tabulae (round and squ...
EditorialTextile Fragment with Ogival Pattern, 14th century, Attributed to Egypt or Syria, Silk; lampas, Textile: H. 21 1/4 in. (54 cm), Textiles-Woven, Influenced by Chinese and Mongol prototypes, this fragment shows a repeating pattern of an ogival vine scrol...
EditorialIndo-Persian carpet with vine scroll and palmette pattern, middle of the 17th century, Indo-Persian, Wool pile on cotton foundation., Length: 8.2 m., Textiles-Rugs.
EditorialBaptismal Font, 1137, Made in probably Sicily, Calabria, Southern Italy, South Italian, Pentelic Marble, Overall: 26 3/4 x 24 7/16 in. (68 x 62 cm), Sculpture-Stone, The Luke mentioned in the inscription was the first chief abbot of the monasteries in ...