EditorialThe artist Elaine Williams at a quilt mural near the historic Freedom Quilting Bee building, a women’s sewing cooperative in Rehoboth, Ala., Aug. 30, 2021. (Wulf Bradley/The New York Times)
EditorialRemains of a large bronze cauldron, torn and compressed. Along the edge and 1 cm below it a bend and a few holes. In one place along the edge a repair with a plate of red copper, fixed with coarse split-pin-shaped staples, wrapped around the edge and p...
EditorialHandkerchief of batist with an edge bobbin lace with cartouches and sloping tendrils with oval leaves on either side, Handkerchief of batist finished with a strip of Brussels bobbin lace. Square model with rounded corners along which the side strip is ...
EditorialHandkerchief of batist with an edge bobbin lace with cartouches and sloping tendrils with oval leaves on either side, Handkerchief of batist finished with a strip of Brussels bobbin lace. Square model with rounded corners along which the side strip is ...
EditorialFragment of multicolored embroidered silk, Fragment of multicolored silk fabric. White lace garlands are walking on a white ground with a multi-colored flower branch in every bend., anonymous, Netherlands, 1740, silk, h 54 cm ? w 50 cm h 13.2 cm ? w 13...