EditorialTraveler Madeline Pruneau of Denver has her photo taken in front of a sign welcoming visitors to Weed, Calif., on May 11, 2021. (Max Whittaker/The New York Times)
EditorialTraveler Madeline Pruneau of Denver has her photo taken in front of a sign welcoming visitors to Weed, Calif., on May 11, 2021. (Max Whittaker/The New York Times)
EditorialBed hanging, Medium: cotton Technique: mordant painted and dyed plain weave (chintz), Large hanging of cotton chintz, lined with pale blue Chinese silk damask (now removed), contemporary with the chintz, and bound on three sides with twill curtain bind...
EditorialDesign for an Embroidered Frontal, Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 17461809, Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on lined off-white laid paper, The left half is shown. An oblong panel with a cross in a border, divided into oblongs and squares, with rose...
EditorialFrieze, Machine-printed paper, A repeating design of elaborate pale blue, white and mica scrolling acanthus leaves edged in gold upon an ivory ground, complemented by a similar repetition of single, interconnected acanthus leaves hung above the main se...
EditorialFragment, Medium: silk Technique: 4&1 satin damask, Small regular repetition in salmon and cream., Selvage at both sides., 17th century, woven textiles, Fragment.
EditorialRound tombak tobacco jar with lid, The driven object consists of a container and a lid attached by a hinge. The base and the conical wall of the container are decorated with a six times repeated driven and punched decor, consisting of a vertical border...
EditorialDish, Oval dish of undecorated faience. The edge is serrated and grooved. On the shelf is a repetition of the edge in relief., anonymous, Europe, c. 1640 - c. 1675, earthenware, tin glaze, l 50.5 cm ? w 41.5 cm ? h 6.5 cm.
EditorialMachine-side strip with three rows of embroidered branches with forget-me-nots, Natural-colored machine-strip strip: machine embroidery on machine tulle. Just above the center line of the strip the pattern begins with three rows of embroidered forget-m...
EditorialZuni Pueblo: Water Jar, Zuni Pueblo, c. 1800?1820, Polychrome earthenware, The black-on-white geometric designs on this water jar are part of a long tradition in Pueblo pottery of the Southwest. The repetition of the triangular, rectilinear, and checke...