EditorialA mural of the quilt “Bars And String-Pieced Columns,” by Jessie T. Pettway near the historic Freedom Quilting Bee building, a women’s sewing cooperative in Rehoboth, Ala., Aug. 30, 2021. (Wulf Bradley/The New York Times)
EditorialGaming purse, Medium: silk, metal Technique: embroidered on satin and supplementary warp pile (velvet), Green velvet bag lined with leather, with green draw string and metal tassels. Embroidered on the sides with a raised columnar design in silver. The...
EditorialFrieze, Xavier Mader, Dufour et Leroy, Block-printed and flocked paper, Fans of ostrich plumes emerging behind sunburst of jewels, over which are drapery swags rendered in flock; this bound by a string of pearls and emeralds. Swags are caught up with j...
EditorialStamp seal (duck-shaped) with divine symbols, Assyrian, Neo-Assyrian, Date 7th century B.C., From Mesopotamia, Ctesiphon, Assyrian, Banded neutral Chalcedony (Quartz), Seal Face: 1.81 x 0.95 cm, Height: 1.47 cm, String Hole: 0.21 cm, Stone-Stamp Seals.
EditorialZither String Anchor, North China, 3rd2nd century B.C., North China, Gilded bronze, Diam. (of top) 2 in. (5.1 cm); H. 1 in. (2.5 cm), Metalwork.
EditorialString of tiny disk beads, barrels, and 13 Taweret amulets, Middle Kingdom?Early New Kingdom, ca. 1981?1504 B.C., From Egypt, Gold, glass, carnelian, L. 55 cm (21 5/8 in.).
EditorialPocket watch with white enamel dial, Gold-plated copper watch, with white enamel dial. With two keys on a string., Norton (uurwerkmaker), c. 1700 - c. 1800, copper (metal), gilding (material), gilding, d 6.2 cm ? h 8 cm ? w 5.9 cm ? d 2.6 cm ? l 15 cm.
EditorialTea kettle, Tea kettle on low foot. The wide, round barrel gradually changes into a tapered neck. The curved spout ends in a dragon head, the high-curved lid has a vase-shaped bud. Barrel, spout and lid are adorned with fine, driven flowers and leaves ...
EditorialApothecary jar, multicolored painted, Concave cylindrical jar of multicolored painted majolica, on a foot and with a constricted neck. The pot is painted with blue horizontal lines and a manganese purple band in the middle. The colors seem to have gone...
EditorialWatch in the shape of a globe, Silver spindle watch with string without spiral. Cupboard in the shape of a globe, engraved. With compass and sundial. On the dial Adam in paradise., Franciscus Denoncent, Straatsburg, 1552, silver (metal), d 5.1 cm.
EditorialString of tiny disk beads, barrels, and 13 Taweret amulets, Middle Kingdom?Early New Kingdom, ca. 1981?1504 B.C., From Egypt, Gold, glass, carnelian, L. 55 cm (21 5/8 in.).
EditorialStrings used to bind papyrus, Late Period, Dynasty 26?30, 664?332 B.C., From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Sheikh Abd el-Qurna, Tomb (M04), Forecourt rubbish, 1913?14, Plant fiber, Not measured, Discovered in the debris from the forecourt of a tomb at Th...