EditorialPima or Egyptian cotton is the best for making thin, light clothing, but requires much more water to grow than other types of cotton. (Josie Norton/The New York Times)
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...
EditorialPatchwork cover, Medium: silk, cotton Technique: chromolithography printed on 7 & 1 satin, stitching, Patchwork cover made of cigarette souvenir squares printed with different types of flowers as well as two squares containing the mottos: 'Always laugh...
EditorialDish, Plooischotel with a passionate depiction on the shelf of a man and a woman, braiding a floral wreath together, The round dish rests on a stand ring and has a wide rim, made up of eight gnats with soft, bony-like driven frames in which mask-like m...
EditorialPlate with a natural figure and inscription (title on object), Porcelain plate, painted in underglaze blue and on the glaze green, black and gold. On the shelf a harlequin with tongs in his hands and the text: 'The Action March on the Tongs', the borde...
EditorialHandkerchief of batist with embroidery in every corner with many flowers in a shield-shaped cartouche, Handkerchief of natural-colored batist with embroidery - white work with plumetis and shadow work - and finished around with a strip of bobbin lace: ...
EditorialDish, Plooischotel with a passionate depiction on the shelf of a man and a woman, braiding a floral wreath together, The round dish rests on a stand ring and has a wide rim, made up of eight gnats with soft, bony-like driven frames in which mask-like m...
EditorialPlate with a natural figure and inscription (title on object), Porcelain plate, painted in underglaze blue and on the glaze green, black and gold. On the shelf a harlequin with tongs in his hands and the text: 'The Action March on the Tongs', the borde...
EditorialHarlequin Family Harlequin Family Harlequin Family (one figure is missing), Group of painted porcelain. On an irregular oval pedestal, covered with flowers and leaves, sits a woman with a child on her lap on a hill. Behind her is a tree stump and on he...
EditorialBucket-shaped flowerpot with flowering plants, birds, dragons and diaper patterns, Porcelain flowerpot in the shape of a bucket with handle, painted in underglaze blue. The trough is divided into two parts separated by a brown line, the upper part with...
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...
EditorialPlate with a caricatural figure and inscription, Porcelain plate, painted in underglaze blue and on the glaze green, black and gold. On the shelf a harlequin and the text: 'Pardi lost all my actions', the border with a decorative pattern. Action board....
EditorialHand guard, Oval tsuba inlaid on both sides with different types of stone representing three aubergines, signed 'masatomo'., Masatomo, Japan, 1600 - 1900, iron (metal), mother of pearl, precious stone (material), h 7.2 cm ? w 6.8 cm.
EditorialHandkerchief of batist with embroidery in every corner with many flowers in a shield-shaped cartouche, Handkerchief of natural-colored batist with embroidery - white work with plumetis and shadow work - and finished around with a strip of bobbin lace: ...
EditorialSaucer with pelican and fish amid stylized waves, Porcelain dish, painted on the glaze in blue, red, pink, green, yellow, black and gold. On the plateau a pelican, different types of fish and a shrimp between stylized waves, the inner edge with a decor...
EditorialTerracotta lekythos (oil flask) with centaur battling a warrior, Archaic, ca. 575?550 B.C., Greek, Attic, Terracotta; black-figure, H. 10 5/8 in. (27 cm.), Vases, The rare shape of this vase, the so-called Deianeira type, is characterized by its short ...
EditorialLantern Slide - Two Different Types of Whale Chasers, BANZARE Voyage 2, Antarctica,1930-1931, Lantern slide of two whale chasers in the Southern Ocean, Antarctica. One of 328 images in various formats including artworks, photographs, glass negatives an...
EditorialTerracotta lekythos (oil flask) with centaur battling a warrior, Archaic, ca. 575?550 B.C., Greek, Attic, Terracotta; black-figure, H. 10 5/8 in. (27 cm.), Vases, The rare shape of this vase, the so-called Deianeira type, is characterized by its short ...
EditorialSteatite oil lamp, Middle Minoan III-Late Minoan I, ca. 1750?1450 B.C., Minoan, Steatite, H. 2 1/4 in. (5.7 cm); Diameter 5 1/4 in. (13.4 cm), Miscellaneous-Stone Vases, Oil would have been placed in the bowl, and wicks could rest on the two cuttings i...
EditorialHelmet, late 16th century, Turkish, Copper alloy (tombak), gold, leather, textile, H. including nasal 14 1/4 in. (36.2 cm); H. excluding nasal 9 7/8 in. (25.1 cm); W. 9 in. (22.9 cm); D. 11 in. (27.9 cm); Wt. 2 lb. 13.7 oz. (1295.6 g), Helmets, This he...
EditorialTerracotta cup with barbotine decoration, Imperial, 2nd?early 3rd century A.D., Roman, Terracotta, H. 3 3/8 in. (8.6 cm), Vases, This cup is representative of the sort of pottery that was produced in Roman Britain, influenced by wares made in eastern G...
EditorialTerracotta statuette of a male figure holding the head and neck of a mask or image, Cypro-Archaic I, ca. 750?600 B.C., Cypriot, Terracotta; handmade, H. 5 1/8 in. (13 cm), Terracottas, This clay statuette surely has to do with a performance of some kin...