EditorialHoly Matthew S. Matthaevs (title on object) Four Evangelists (series title), The evangelist Matthew with his attribute the angel, the apostle and evangelist Matthew (Matthew), possible attributes: angel, ax, book, halberd, pen and inkhorn, purse, scrol...
EditorialChina: Empress Yang (30 June 1162 - 18 January 1233), consort of Emperor Ningzong, 13th ruler of the Song Dynasty and 4th ruler of the Southern Song Synasty (r.1194-1224). Hanging scrol painting, c. 1194-1233
EditorialSidewall, Block-printed, stamped gold foil, paper, Two incomplete widths, with light gray ground, joined. Against one width is stamped in gold, with dull red details, the single motif of an urn with flowers, supported by a lambrequin and opposing scrol...
Editorialmantelpiece, Anonymous, 17th century, oak, sandstone, General: 244 ? 282 ? 83cm (2440 ? 2820 ? 830mm), angel, lion, Mantel consisting of two sandstone carved half columns of the Ionic order on ditto bases. On the column is a cartouche in band and scrol...
EditorialChinoiserie Clock, Meissen Porcelain Manufactory, German, active from 1710 to the present, hard paste porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold, metal, Lantern-shaped clock case raising from tall concave sockle on roughly square base. Two satyrs seated on scrol...
EditorialFrieze, Cresswell & Washburn Ltd, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1880 - 1900, Machine-printed paper, Repeating floral bouquets enframed with scrolls and connected by floral swags tied with a ribbon bow. Both top and bottom have a trellis outlined by scrol...
EditorialIce Skater, Silver-plated metal (possibly alpacca), Oblong, curved sides, featuring raised decoration of male figure skater in 19th century dress, muff over hands, boy on sled, harbor background with sail boats, coastal buildings, all framed by c-scrol...
EditorialDesign for an Earring, Pen and black ink, brush and wash on off-white paper, Jewelry design for an earring, a disk above and three drops below. The disk is seemingly the central motif of a bunch, consisting besides it of two flower stems and four scrol...
EditorialLower end of staircase railing, Giuseppe Barberi, Italian, 17461809, Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, graphite on off-white laid paper, lined, A calyx with a molded foot stands at left upon a base, from which springs laterally an acanthus scrol...
EditorialFrieze, Maxwell & Co., S.A., Chicago, Illinois, USA, Machine-printed paper, applied mica flakes, Flitter frieze. Large floral medallion alternating with smaller floral medallion. Each contains rose swags. Printed on broad striped background, with scrol...
EditorialArtist: Ning Zhai, Chinese, active late 15thearly 16th century, Daoist Immortal Han Xiangzi with an?Attendant, late 15thearly 16th?century, Hanging scrol, I, ink and color on silk, without mounting: 63 1/4 ? 38 1/8 in. (160.7 ? 96.8 cm), The flute iden...
Editorialmantelpiece, Anonymous, 17th century, oak, sandstone, General: 244 ? 282 ? 83cm (2440 ? 2820 ? 830mm), angel, lion, Mantel consisting of two sandstone carved half columns of the Ionic order on ditto bases. On the column is a cartouche in band and scrol...
EditorialDish with diaper patterns and flower sprays in panels, Oval dish of porcelain with a lobed edge, painted in underglaze blue and on the glaze blue, red, pink, green, yellow and gold. The front is covered with napkin work with a medallion of floral scrol...
EditorialHoly Matthew S. Matthaevs (title on object) Four Evangelists (series title), The evangelist Matthew with his attribute the angel, the apostle and evangelist Matthew (Matthew), possible attributes: angel, ax, book, halberd, pen and inkhorn, purse, scrol...
EditorialCommemorative Scroll - 2nd Lieutenant William Jenkin, 7th Battalion, AIF, 1919, Alternative Name(s): Memorial Scroll Commemorative scroll and letter issued by King George V to commemorate the service and death of soldiers during World War I. This scrol...
EditorialBeginning of Psalm 1. Elaborate initial 'B', with animal-headed interlace at the top and bottom of the shaft; its gold-panelled framework contains acanthus leaf patterns, while the bows, clasped by a mask head, are filled with multicoloured plant scrol...
EditorialTextile Fragment with Ogival Pattern, 14th century, Attributed to Egypt or Syria, Silk; lampas, Textile: H. 21 1/4 in. (54 cm), Textiles-Woven, Influenced by Chinese and Mongol prototypes, this fragment shows a repeating pattern of an ogival vine scrol...