EditorialPortrait of Augustinus Gerardus Hubertus van Rijckevorsel (1828 - 's-Hertogenbosch - 1891), Portrait is depicted seated. Augustinus van Rijckevorsel is depicted in a three-quarter position, his face turned to the right (left for the viewer), hands fold...
EditorialTextile, Medium: silk, metallic thread Technique: 5-harness damask with discontinuous supplementary weft bound in 4/1 twill weave, Two fragments of a pattern made up of two continuous curved vines side-by-side in a vaguely 'bizarre-type' style. Dark ye...
EditorialSidewall, Machine-printed paper, Vaguely Aesthetic Movement pattern repeated in off-set columns; two motifs repeated vertically; one a large bouquet of foliage with two ears of wheat and a large flower; one a small stylized motif; vertical band between...
EditorialTextile, Medium: silk, metallic thread Technique: 5-harness damask with discontinuous supplementary weft bound in 4/1 twill weave, Two fragments of a pattern made up of two continuous curved vines side-by-side in a vaguely 'bizarre-type' style. Dark ye...
EditorialTextile, Medium: silk Technique: 8-harness satin (brown) patterned by weft-floats (light gray) with continuous supplementary weft (ivory), and a discontinuous supplementary weft (light blue) bound on the front by a supplementary warp in a 1/3 twill, Re...
EditorialSidewall, Block-printed paper, Printed thickly in blue and white on turquoise ground, small scale scrollwork and floral motifs in regular repeat, vaguely within diamond grid. Printed on small sheet with margins on all four sides., possibly France, 1800...
EditorialRunner, Medium: silk, metallic thread Technique: cut and uncut supplementary warp pile on a satin foundation (velvet), Runner with vertical stripes of dark blue cut pile that alternate with tan satin stripes together with a stylized interlocking floral...
EditorialCarpet fragment, Medium: wool Technique: double cloth, Carpet fragment showing a partial design of vaguely Islamic medallions with framing leaves and stems. In shades of beige, tan, brown, red, pink and black., England, mid-19th century, woven textiles...
EditorialTextile, Medium: cotton Technique: printed by engraved plate on plain weave, Red and white chinoiserie-themed toile with small vignettes showing a fishing scene, a standing figure playing a horn before dancing children, and other figures standing near ...
EditorialSidewall, Machine-printed on paper, Regular symmetrical pattern vaguely reminiscent of Renaissance brocade; single-motif repeat in off-set vertical columns; highly-stylized bouquet of flowers and leaves sprouting both upward and downward tied at center...
Editorialbottle, sprinkler, blown perfume sprinkler or dropper of decolored transparent glass. The bottle has a spherical body with a honeycomb pattern in relief. The piece is blown into a two-piece mold, the malnaad is still vaguely visible. The neck is cylind...
EditorialA gray-varnished oil lamp with a round body. The hollow mirror is surrounded by concentric circles with the small filling hole in the middle. The short spout with a large fire hole is wide and angled. The spout is decorated with bird heads, which are o...
EditorialAnamonnefneb, wade, cruciate ligaments, beadnet, The mummy has been wrapped in a shroud or vaguely reddish color (warp-faced tabby weave, about 11 x 17 threads.
Editorialhalf of a bronze sword sheath with vaguely visible prints of the fittings along the edges and of cross connection at 28.5 cm above the point, sheath, metal, bronze, 78.7 x 4.6 cm, prehistoric 0 -100, the Netherlands, North Brabant, Oss, Lith, de Gouden...
EditorialA thick-walled pitcher of pale gray earthenware. The high, elegant neck and the handle are decorated with nodules and abstract protomes that vaguely resemble animal heads., Crockery, earthenware, H 31.3 cm, D 18.5 cm, D border 5.4 cm, Iron Age I 1100-1...
EditorialJug with two mouths. The object, which is cast as a whole, stands on three legs, which are provided with feet. It has a convex, slightly flat stomach with a high neck. This is closed by a sharp edge that slopes downwards. The round spout directed upwar...
EditorialEdward Smith Stanley (1752-1834), Twelfth Earl of Derby, with His First Wife (Lady Elizabeth Hamilton, 1753-1797) and Their Son (Edward Smith Stanley, 1775-1851).
EditorialPlank of cotton with a crocheted scalloped edge, Plank of white cotton with a scalloped edge of crocheted lace. Square model with the strip of crochet lace at about one third of the height. The strip does not run completely over the full width of the r...
EditorialPortrait of Augustinus Gerardus Hubertus van Rijckevorsel (1828 - 's-Hertogenbosch - 1891), Portrait is depicted seated. Augustinus van Rijckevorsel is depicted in a three-quarter position, his face turned to the right (left for the viewer), hands fold...
EditorialJug with two mouths. The object, which is cast as a whole, stands on three legs, which are provided with feet. It has a convex, slightly flat stomach with a high neck. This is closed by a sharp edge that slopes downwards. The round spout directed upwar...
EditorialCatherine of Alexandria, She stands with both feet on Emperor Maxentius (?), Has turned her head slightly to the right and looks, smiling vaguely, somewhat downwards. She holds up the left forearm, opposite to the right. The hair rises at the temples a...
EditorialEdward Smith Stanley (1752-1834), Twelfth Earl of Derby, with His First Wife (Lady Elizabeth Hamilton, 1753-1797) and Their Son (Edward Smith Stanley, 1775-1851).
EditorialEdward Smith Stanley (1752-1834), Twelfth Earl of Derby, with His First Wife (Lady Elizabeth Hamilton, 1753-1797) and Their Son (Edward Smith Stanley, 1775-1851).
EditorialEdward Smith Stanley (1752-1834), Twelfth Earl of Derby, with His First Wife (Lady Elizabeth Hamilton, 1753-1797) and Their Son (Edward Smith Stanley, 1775-1851).
EditorialTerracotta jug, Cypro-Archaic I, ca. 750?600 B.C., Cypriot, Terracotta, H. 7 3/4 in. (19.7 cm), Vases, In this extraordinary evocative depiction, a woman faces off a horned serpent whose head looks vaguely like that of a ram. The protagonists appear we...
EditorialHigh chest of drawers, 1710?30, Made in Boston, Massachusetts, United States, American, Japanned soft maple, poplar, white pine, 62 1/2 x 39 1/2 x 21 1/4 in. (158.8 x 100.3 x 54 cm), Furniture, Japanning, a Western imitation of oriental lacquerwork, be...