EditorialA neighborhood in Xiamen, China, Feb. 15, 2023, where He Lifeng, recently elevated to a key position overseeing the country’s economy, was a young official when the city became a bastion of small and medium-size businesses in the 1980s. (Gilles Sabrie/The New York Times)
EditorialTextile, Medium: cotton, wool Technique: slit tapestry; nonhorizontal wefts; note: loomed width 36.5cm, All-over pattern of diagonal bands patterned by interlocked birds in red, yellow and black. The Predominate color of each stripe alternates between ...
EditorialPurse, Medium: wool embroidery on linen foundation Technique: embroidered in brick stitch on plain weave foundation, Envelope-style purse embroidered solidly in brilliantly colored wools in bargello or flame stitch. Reds, pinks and yellows predominate,...
EditorialFrieze, Grace Lincoln Temple, 18651953, Stenciled, tempera on paper, Celtic design. Continuous foliate rinceau, the scrolls of which enframe alternately two major motifs (a) a peacock in profile; (b) the heads of two birds addorsed. Greens predominate ...
Editorialfireplace screen, Adriana Suzanna van Leeuwen, fire screen 1840-1850, embroidery between 1850-1855, textile, mahogany, wool, embroidered, General: 120.4 x 76.9 x 39.2cm 1204 x 769 x 392mm, weapon sign, woman, man, mahogany fireplace screen with twisted...
EditorialStudy of a Figure in a Niche (Saint Ambrose; recto); Architectural Studies: Four Alternative Designs for Fictive Niches and an Unrelated Design with Garlands (verso), ca. 1560-67.
EditorialStudy of a Figure in a Niche (Saint Ambrose; recto); Architectural Studies: Four Alternative Designs for Fictive Niches and an Unrelated Design with Garlands (verso), ca. 1560-67.
EditorialStudy of a Figure in a Niche (Saint Ambrose; recto); Architectural Studies: Four Alternative Designs for Fictive Niches and an Unrelated Design with Garlands (verso), ca. 1560-67.
EditorialFragment, 5th?9th century, Attributed to Egypt or Syria, Silk; samite, Textile: H. 6 in. (15.3 cm), Textiles-Woven, The design of this silk fragment consists of three rows, each containing three compartments. Pearl borders, floral motifs, palmettes and...
EditorialTextile Fragment, 14th?15th century, Attributed to Spain or North Africa, Silk; lampas, Textile: H. 29 3/4 in. (75.6 cm), Textiles-Woven, Geometric compositions predominate silk textiles of Nasrid Spain (1232?1492) and the contemporaneous Marinid Dynas...