EditorialStrip with two corners and running tendril, Strip of natural-colored needle lace: Venetian embossed lace. A central strip with a symmetrical pattern is completed with transverse strips with a running pattern. In the middle of the first are two palmetal...
EditorialNapkin with possible English emblems, Napkin of linen damask with possible English emblems. Midfield: The symmetrical pattern placed twice next to each other, the side axes standing amid a shine symmetry, shows three scenes from bottom to top: 1 A pine...
EditorialStrip of needle lace for a superplis with rosette flowers and c-shapes, Strip of natural colored needle lace, point de France. Pattern of coral vines ending in volutes, buds and rosette flowers on vertical axes of symmetry. Irregular ground with painte...
EditorialStrip of needle lace with snail shell, Strip of natural colored needle lace: Venetian embossed lace. Despite repairs, an axis of symmetry can be recognized, on the sides of which two large, extending arabesque leaves are turned towards each other. They...
EditorialCollar of Linen and Needle Lace Lying collar of linen trimmed with reticella needle lace, Lying smooth collar sewn on board made of linen with natural colored needle lace: reticella and punto in aria. The shape of the collar is rectangular, the long si...
EditorialSpool lace cuff with hanging tulip, Natural spool lace cuff: Valenciennes lace. On a coarse lattice ground (square lattice), covered with 'sequins', there is a running pattern. Unilaterally-oriented hanging tulips stand loosely above the elongated shel...
EditorialStrip of needle lace with snail shell, Strip of natural colored needle lace: Venetian relief lace. Despite repairs, an axis of symmetry can be recognized, on the sides of which two large, extending arabesque leaves are turned towards each other. They s...
EditorialStrip of bobbin lace with flower surrounded by leaves and composed leaf-shaped motif, Strip of natural-colored bobbin lace: Mechelen lace. The repeating pattern consists of a flower largely surrounded by leaves interspersed with a large leaf-shaped mot...
EditorialAll-over strip of needle lace symmetrical pattern with flower vases and canopies, All-over strip of natural-colored needle lace, point de France. A repeating pattern of two alternating compositions on axes of symmetry with flower vases, flower baskets,...
EditorialStrip of needle lace with crossing branches, Strip of natural colored needle lace: Venetian rose lace. On an open ground of smoothest bars there is a symmetrical pattern of widely spread tendrils that frequently cross each other. The axes of symmetry a...
EditorialTextile with Confronted Birds, Tang dynasty (618?907), early 8th century, China, Silk embroidery on plain-weave silk, Overall: 12 1/4 x 12 1/8 in. (31.1 x 30.8 cm), Textiles-Embroidered, Although symmetry is a basic element of Chinese design, the motif...
EditorialSurcoat (Jinbaori), Edo period (1615?1868), 17th century, Japan, Body: China, for the European market, late 16th?17th century; silk velvet, cut and voided, 36 5/8 x 27 1/8 in. (93.0 x 68.9 cm), Costumes, Samurai jinbaori were frequently made from expen...
EditorialHead of an Oba, 16th century, Nigeria, Court of Benin, Edo peoples, Brass, H. 9 1/4 x W. 8 5/8 x D. 9 in. (23.5 x 21.9 x 22.9 cm), Metal-Sculpture, This commemorative cast-brass sculpture depicts the idealized likeness of an oba, or king, wearing a wov...
EditorialReichsadler Humps, Lightly inserted bottom. Smooth, applied stand ring. On the cylindrical body, slightly tapered at the top, the black, double-headed Reindeer with yellow crown and nimbus. For the chest a crucifix with wide-spread loincloth. On the wi...
EditorialFragment silk, moire, in light gray and silver, moire. Gros de Tours with an intermittent silver lam? wire between each ridge. Nig and attachment without silver thread. Pattern: incomplete, so that a symmetry in the pressed, watered pattern can only be...
EditorialDiplozoon paradoxum, Print, Diplozoon paradoxum is a flatworm (platyhelminth) from the class Monogenea found in freshwater fishes in Asia and Europe and known for its complete monogamy. This parasite is commonly found on the gills of European cyprinid ...
EditorialA view from Boston looking north, with the Royal Irish camp, the steeple of Old North Church (Christ Church) and rooftops of North Boston in the foreground, and HMS Symmetry sailing on Charles River beyond. Rebel redoubts, enemy lines and camps, Charle...
EditorialHead of an Oba, 16th century, Nigeria, Court of Benin, Edo peoples, Brass, H. 9 1/4 x W. 8 5/8 x D. 9 in. (23.5 x 21.9 x 22.9 cm), Metal-Sculpture, This commemorative cast-brass sculpture depicts the idealized likeness of an oba, or king, wearing a wov...
EditorialTextile with Confronted Birds, Tang dynasty (618?907), early 8th century, China, Silk embroidery on plain-weave silk, Overall: 12 1/4 x 12 1/8 in. (31.1 x 30.8 cm), Textiles-Embroidered, Although symmetry is a basic element of Chinese design, the motif...
EditorialFramed Design for an Altar, ca. 1710?20, Pen and brown ink, brush and brown and gray wash over traces of leadpoint, on cream laid paper. A vertical line in leadpoint trough the center to create the symmetry of the design, 1-3 1/4 x 8- 3/4 in. (33.6 x 2...
EditorialDesign for a Ceiling with Decoration Related to Virgil's Sixth Canto, 1758?1823, Pen and brown ink, brush and yellow, pink, blue and green wash over traces of leadpoint; vertical line in leadpoint through thr center to create the symmetry of the drawin...
EditorialSilk Animal Carpet, second half 16th century, Made in Iran, probably Kashan, Silk (warp, weft, and pile); asymmetrically knotted pile, Rug: L. 94 7/8 in. (241 cm), Textiles-Rugs, This silk rug demonstrates the part played by the miniaturist in designin...
EditorialSurcoat (Jinbaori), Edo period (1615?1868), 17th century, Japan, Body: China, for the European market, late 16th?17th century; silk velvet, cut and voided, 36 5/8 x 27 1/8 in. (93.0 x 68.9 cm), Costumes, Samurai jinbaori were frequently made from expen...
EditorialAutumn: The Woodland Pond, 1867, Oil on canvas, 19 3/4 x 26 in. (50.2 x 66 cm), Paintings, Narcisse-Virgile Diaz de la Pe?a (French, Bordeaux 1808?1876 Menton), This picture's rigorous symmetry and perspective are common features of landscapes that Dia...
EditorialHead of an Oba, 16th century, Nigeria, Court of Benin, Edo peoples, Brass, H. 9 1/4 x W. 8 5/8 x D. 9 in. (23.5 x 21.9 x 22.9 cm), Metal-Sculpture, This commemorative cast-brass sculpture depicts the idealized likeness of an oba, or king, wearing a wov...
EditorialShishi mask, Japanese, Kamakura period, 13th century. This rare early surviving example of a lion mask is from the Kamakura period. The vigour of the chisel-work and symmetry of the curled hair are characteristic of sculpture of the period. Depictions ...
EditorialAdoration of the Magi, Early Byzantine, early 6th century. An ivory relief panel of the Adoration of Christ. The Virgin Mary, shown with wide staring eyes and larger in scale than the other figures, holds the Christ child in her lap as he makes the ges...
EditorialIn 1605 king Henri IV decided to transform the Marais quarter of Paris into an elegant square with houses in perfect symmetry. The " Place Royale", later Place des Vosges, was finished in 1612. The king's palace, the " Pavillon Henri IV&...