EditorialBatist dress with light pink ribbons between machine embroidery and machine side, Natural batist dress, square model with rounded corners and trimmed with a machine side edge: Valenciennes lace. The rug is decorated with three lanes, each consisting of...
Editorialwedding gown (bodice, skirt, train), Louis Valentin, Dressmaker (American, born Hungarian, about 1859-1937), 1890, silk, lace, A) bodice: center back 17 in., center front 15 in., bust 30-1/2 in., waist 23-1/2 in., sleeve length 19 in., shoulders 11 in....
Editorialevening dress, George Philip Meier, Designer (American, 1864-1932), early 1920s, silk velvet, chiffon, center back 51-1/2 in., center front 37 in., bust 32 in., waist 32., hips 34 in., sleeve length 26-1/2 in., shoulders 15-1/2 in., Textile and Fashion...
Editorialball gown (bodice, skirt, shawl), Louis Valentin, Dressmaker (American, born Hungarian, about 1859-1937), 1889, silk, lace, A) bodice: center back 31 in., center front 12 in., bust 32 in., waist 23-1/2 in., sleeve length 14-1/2 in., shoulders 11 in. B)...
EditorialFragment of blue velvet brocade with pomegranate motifs, Fragment of blue silk velvet brocade with a pattern of wavy tendrils, rose hips and large pomegranates. For similar fragments, see A to C, and E and F., anonymous, Italy, c. 1420 - c. 1499, silk,...
Editorial"- My God! Madame Bombec, what happened to you? - Don't mention it, my dear, it's horrible. The world is going from bad to worse, I would rather be janitor at the botanical garden! You know that B?zuchet from the fifth floor, the one that always insist...
EditorialVincent van Gogh: Reclining Nude (Femme nue ?tendue sur un lit), Vincent van Gogh, January?March 1887, Oil on canvas, Van Gogh painted very few nudes. Because he was so poor, hiring models was usually out of the question. In this work, the female body ...
EditorialVincent van Gogh: Reclining Nude (Femme nue ?tendue sur un lit), Vincent van Gogh, January?March 1887, Oil on canvas, Van Gogh painted very few nudes. Because he was so poor, hiring models was usually out of the question. In this work, the female body ...
Editorial"- My God! Madame Bombec, what happened to you? - Don't mention it, my dear, it's horrible. The world is going from bad to worse, I would rather be janitor at the botanical garden! You know that B?zuchet from the fifth floor, the one that always insist...
Editorialball gown (bodice, skirt, shawl), Louis Valentin, Dressmaker (American, born Hungarian, about 1859-1937), 1889, silk, lace, A) bodice: center back 31 in., center front 12 in., bust 32 in., waist 23-1/2 in., sleeve length 14-1/2 in., shoulders 11 in. B)...
Editorialwedding dress with veil and fan, Unknown, 1906, silk, lace; ivory and lace fan, A) dress: center back 57 in., center front 57 in., bust 30 in., waist 20 in., hips 40 in., sleeve length 15-1/2 in., shoulders 13 in. B) veil: 72 x 84 in. C) fan: 9-1/2 x 1...
Editorialsuit (jacket, skirt), Clare Potter, Designer (American, 1903-1999), about 1950, linen, A) jacket: center back 31-3/4 in., center front 37 in., bust 36 in., waist 42 in., hips 45 in., sleeve length 19 in., shoulders 22 in. B) skirt: center back 31 in., ...
Editorialwedding gown (bodice, skirt, train), Louis Valentin, Dressmaker (American, born Hungarian, about 1859-1937), 1890, silk, lace, A) bodice: center back 17 in., center front 15 in., bust 30-1/2 in., waist 23-1/2 in., sleeve length 19 in., shoulders 11 in....
Editorialdress (bodice, skirt), Johnstone and Smedley, Dressmaker, about 1889, silk damask, lace, A) bodice: center back 17 in., center front 10-1/2 in., bust 36 in., waist 32 in., sleeve length 16 in., shoulders 16 in. B) skirt: center back 52 in., center fron...
EditorialThe Gentleman with a Coat, Posing with Hands on Hips, from The Caprices. Jacques Callot; French, 1592-1635. Date: 1617-1627. Dimensions: 57 ? 85 mm (image/sheet, cut within plate mark). Etching on ivory laid paper. Origin: France.
Editorial"- My God! Madame Bombec, what happened to you? - Don't mention it, my dear, it's horrible. The world is going from bad to worse, I would rather be janitor at the botanical garden! You know that B?zuchet from the fifth floor, the one that always insist...
EditorialThe Gentleman with a Coat, Posing with Hands on Hips, from The Caprices. Jacques Callot; French, 1592-1635. Date: 1617-1627. Dimensions: 57 ? 85 mm (image/sheet, cut within plate mark). Etching on ivory laid paper. Origin: France.
EditorialRing of Figures, 2nd century B.C.?A.D. 3rd century, Mexico, Mesoamerica, Colima, Colima, Ceramic, H. 6 1/8 x Diam. 8 1/2 in. (15.6 x 21.6 cm), Ceramics-Sculpture, In this scene eight alternating male and female figures holding each other at the shoulde...
EditorialCache-Sexe, 12th century, Mali, Tellem peoples, Fiber, 3 1/4 x 6in. (8.3 x 15.2cm), Basketry-Costumes, This carefully crafted object is part of a rare group of female 'modesty skirts,' which are thought to have been worn low on the hips and held in pla...
EditorialTerracotta statuette fragment of a male votary holding a kid, Cypro-Classical II, 4th?3rd century B.C., Cypriot, Terracotta; mold-made and hand-made, h. 3 11/16 in. (9.4 cm), Terracottas, The figurine is handmade and solid, with a mold-made face. The n...
EditorialTwo female figures, Halaf culture and Late Chalcolithic, around 5000-4500 BCE. The figurine on the left comes from north-east Syria, the one on the right probably from south-east Turkey. Both are fertility figures with large breasts and wide hips. Neck...