EditorialFILE PHOTO: Stacks of former US President Abraham Lincoln on the five-dollar bill currency at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing in Washington
EditorialFILE PHOTO: Stacks of former US President Abraham Lincoln on the five-dollar bill currency at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing in Washington
EditorialFILE PHOTO: Stacks of former US President Abraham Lincoln on the five-dollar bill currency at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing in Washington
EditorialFILE PHOTO: Stacks of former US President Abraham Lincoln on the five-dollar bill currency at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing in Washington
EditorialFILE PHOTO: Stacks of former US President Abraham Lincoln on the five-dollar bill currency at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing in Washington
EditorialSampler, Medium: silk and metal-wrapped silk embroidery on linen foundation Technique: embroidered in tent, half cross, chain, running, and encroaching Gobelin stitches in silk; crossed chain, plaited braid, back, ladder, and chain stitch over double l...
EditorialTextile, Medium: wool, cotton Technique: slit tapestry with wrapping; weft-faced plain weave; SLIT TAPESTRY: limited use of non-horizontal welts, sometimes between color areas only; two-faced; long slits are sewn together; SIDES: remains of attached fa...
EditorialMedallion, Medium: Warp; S-spun linen, Wefts; S-spun linen, S-spun wool, Technique; slit tapestry with supplementary weft wrapping., A circle with a maze pattern in the center of an eight pointed star. Black on off-white ground., Egypt, 3rd4th century,...
EditorialThe Judgement of Solomon, Medium: silk embroidery on silk foundation with metal, wood, seed pearls, mica Technique: embroidered in flat satin, stem, and back and knot stitches on seven and one satin foundation. Relief by a variety of looping, wrapping,...
EditorialSampler, Juliana Vieytez, Medium: silk embroidery on linen foundation Technique: embroidered in cross, long-armed cross, satin, double running, and aztec stitches (running stitch and wrapping over withdrawn elements) on plain weave foundation, Three co...
EditorialSampler, Mary Milner, English, Medium: silk and linen embroidery on linen foundation Technique: embroidered in cross, long armed cross, Montenegrin cross satin, back, double running, herringbone, fern, and detached looping stitches on plain weave found...
EditorialLions from a Tunic, c. 800's. Egypt, Islamic Abbasid period, 8th - 9th Century. Tapestry weave with supplementary weft wrapping; undyed linen and dyed wool; overall: 23 x 23 cm (9 1/16 x 9 1/16 in.).
EditorialLions from a Tunic, c. 800's. Egypt, Islamic Abbasid period, 8th - 9th Century. Tapestry weave with supplementary weft wrapping; undyed linen and dyed wool; average: 23 x 23 cm (9 1/16 x 9 1/16 in.).