EditorialFragment of a Cover with Geometric and Interlace Decoration, 5th century, Attributed to Egypt, Wool, linen; plain weave, tapestry weave, Textile: L. 25 9/16 in. (64.9 cm), Textiles, This fragment was perhaps part of a cover originally decorated with id...
EditorialSpain, Castile-La Mancha, Toledo. Synagogue of Santa Maria la Blanca. In 1180 the Jewish community of Toledo financed the construction of the church in Mudejar style, work that was carried out by Muslim builders. Architectural detail of the interior of...
EditorialUnilateral three layer comb. Type: semicircular comb. Decoration: handles, beautiful ornamentation of carved dots, forming curved lines (type of wave line). In addition, dots have been cut along the semicircular top of the handle blade, which follow th...
EditorialPotpourri " vaisseau" (vessel) This potpourri in the shape of a ship is decorated with a rose bottom and chinese ornamentation. The shape was created by Jean-Claude Duplessis while the decoration was painted by Charles-Nicolas Dodin. This obj...
EditorialPurse, Medium: silk and metal-wrapped silk Technique: stranded knitting, Miser's purse type, knitted in colored silks with ornamentation in bands showing conventionalized forms and spread eagles with crown and the words 'S.D. Casparre Nicoletti.' Parti...
EditorialPersian miniature: Standing woman, Unknown, Pen and black ink, brush and opaque watercolors and gold., A woman with long veils is seen walking in a landscape and holding aloft a headband with her left thumb. Stylized clouds. Border with floral ornament...
EditorialRoyal Abbey of Santa Maria de Poblet. Cistercian monastery. Church of Saint Mary. Oval window added in the 18th century with Baroque ornamentation and Salomonic columns. Vimbodi, province of Tarragona. Catalonia, Spain.
EditorialJosep Pujol i Juh? / Detail of the baroque ornamentation of the dels Colls chapel, in the parish church of Sant Lloren? de Morunys (interior of the dome), 1773-1784, Sant Lloren? de Morunys, L?rida, Catalonia, Spain.
EditorialSide chair, Chubb & Sons, ca. 1870, British, Gilt, ebonized and carved wood, modern green plush, Overall: 25 ? 25 in. (63.5 ? 63.5 cm), Woodwork-Furniture, Chubb & Sons, This ebonized chair with gilt, incised decoration reflects the changes in furnitur...