EditorialSide?Chair, ca.?1800, Mahogany, ash, cherry, 36 1/4 ? 15 ? 17 11/16 in. (92.1 ? 38.1 ? 44.9 cm), The well-balanced composition of this chair, related to plate 36, number 1, of Thomas Sheratons Drawing Book (1791), is composed of a pierced urn back drap...
EditorialCradle, 1640?90, Made in Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States, American, White oak, 28 1/2 x 24 x 37 1/8 in. (72.4 x 61 x 94.3 cm), Furniture, This joined cradle exhibits a well-balanced arrangement of horizontal panels with mortise-and-tenon j...
EditorialMemorial Head (Nsodie), ca. 1800, Ghana, Twifo-Heman traditional area, Akan peoples, Terracotta, H. 8 1/2 x W. 6 in. (21.6 x 15.2 cm), Ceramics-Sculpture, This elegant terracotta head is a memorial portrait (nsodie) of an Akan ruler from present-day so...
EditorialMemorial Head (Nsodie), 17th?mid-18th century, Ghana, Akan peoples, Terracotta, roots, quartz fragments, H. 8 x W. 5 5/8 x D. 5 in. (20.3 x 14.3 x 12.7 cm), Ceramics-Sculpture, This elegant terracotta head is a memorial portrait (nsodie) of an Akan rul...
EditorialInkpot of the Emperor Jahangir, dated A.H. 1028/A.D. 1618?19, Attributed to India, Nephrite, gold, H. 2-1/2 in. (6.4 cm); Diam. 3-1/4 in. (7.9 cm), Stone, Mu'min, Sturdy, monumental, artfully rounded, richly adorned, and so weighty and well balanced th...