EditorialWriting desk with a raised back Writing table with stand, Table intentionally decorated with marquetry in several types of wood on an oak core and with gilt bronze. The front legs are placed at right angles. The connecting sheet between the legs, the f...
EditorialStaircase Model, oak, Double-revolution staircase model with curved double staircase with baluster railings, joining on a central landing from which a reverse single staircase rises at right angles, leading to a balcony; this staircase model is similar...
EditorialUncut waistcoat, Medium: silk and metal Technique: embroidery stitches on taffeta, Design of rayed circles alternating with diamonds having rays at two points, set between horizontal lines turning at right angles. Parts are indicated for waistcoat fron...
Editorialstaircase model, mahogany, Staircase model turning at right angles in two levels., 19th century, models and prototypes, Decorative Arts, staircase model.
EditorialJoshua Tree Starburst house set to be constructed out of 21 shipping containers hits market for $3.5 million (and it hasn't even been built yet)
EditorialWriting desk with a raised back Writing table with stand, Table intentionally decorated with marquetry in several types of wood on an oak core and with gilt bronze. The front legs are placed at right angles. The connecting sheet between the legs, the f...
EditorialInlay, rosette, Ptolemaic Period?Roman Period, 100 BC?100 AD, From Egypt, Glass, H. 1.1 ? W. 1.1 cm (7/16 ? 7/16 in.), A mosaic glass technique allowed multiples of an image to be created: a figural or design composition was made by bundling colored gl...
EditorialInlay, rosette, Ptolemaic Period?Roman Period, 100 BC?100 AD, From Egypt, Glass, H. 1.1 ? W. 1.1 cm (7/16 ? 7/16 in.), A mosaic glass technique allowed multiples of an image to be created: a figural or design composition was made by bundling colored gl...
EditorialGlass short-strip mosaic fragment, Early Imperial, late 1st century B.C.?early 1st century A.D., Roman, Glass; cast, Other: 11/16 x 15/16 in. (1.7 x 2.4 cm), Glass, Thin-walled body fragment., Translucent blue, opaque white, yellow, and red, and colorl...
EditorialSpout Cup, 1700?1725, Made in Boston, Massachusetts, United States, American, Silver, Overall: 3 9/16 x 4 5/16 in. (9 x 11 cm); 5 oz. 16 dwt. (180.9 g), Silver, John Edwards (ca. 1671?1746), One of the specialized forms of drinking vessels produced in ...