EditorialCurtain of aubergine-colored velvet, finished with wide galon of beige and multicolored velvet with gold thread, finished with wide galon of beige and multicolored velvet with gold thread. Model: Velor consists of two tracks with full width and one nar...
EditorialSword with Scabbard, ca. 1875?1900, Caucasian, Steel, leather, silver, H. with scabbard 38 1/4 in. (97.2 cm); H. without scabbard 37 1/2 in. (95.3 cm); H. of blade 32 in. (81.3 cm); W. 2 in. (5.1 cm); Wt. 1 lb. 5.5 oz. (609.5 g); Wt. of scabbard 11.1 o...
EditorialSword with Scabbard, 19th century, Caucasian, Steel, leather, silver, ivory, wood, H. with scabbard 36 3/4 in. (93.3 cm); H. without scabbard 36 7/8 in. (93.7 cm); H. of blade 31 in. (78.7 cm); W. 2 in. (5.1 cm); Wt. 1 lb. 9.7 oz. (728.6 g); Wt. of sca...
EditorialTetrao tetrix, Print, The black grouse or blackgame or blackcock (Tetrao tetrix) is a large game bird in the grouse family. It is a sedentary species, breeding across northern Eurasia in moorland and bog areas near to woodland, mostly boreal. The black...
EditorialTetrao tetrix, Print, The black grouse or blackgame or blackcock (Tetrao tetrix) is a large game bird in the grouse family. It is a sedentary species, breeding across northern Eurasia in moorland and bog areas near to woodland, mostly boreal. The black...
EditorialTetrao tetrix, Print, The black grouse or blackgame or blackcock (Tetrao tetrix) is a large game bird in the grouse family. It is a sedentary species, breeding across northern Eurasia in moorland and bog areas near to woodland, mostly boreal. The black...
EditorialTetrao tetrix, Print, The black grouse or blackgame or blackcock (Tetrao tetrix) is a large game bird in the grouse family. It is a sedentary species, breeding across northern Eurasia in moorland and bog areas near to woodland, mostly boreal. The black...
EditorialTetrao tetrix, Print, The black grouse or blackgame or blackcock (Tetrao tetrix) is a large game bird in the grouse family. It is a sedentary species, breeding across northern Eurasia in moorland and bog areas near to woodland, mostly boreal. The black...
EditorialHomo sapiens, Print, Homo sapiens is the only extant human species. The name is Latin for "wise man" and was introduced in 1758 by Carl Linnaeus (who is himself the lectotype for the species)., Caucasian.
EditorialPortraits of Mohammed II or Mehmed the Conqueror, Ottoman sultan, showing the Turkish Ouralian character, and Nadir Shah, or Thamas Kouli Khan, or the Slave of Thamas, 18th century conqueror. Caucasian Tatars. Handcoloured steel engraving by Lizars aft...
EditorialCaucasean iris or Caucasian flower de luce, Iris caucasica. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Weddell after W. Herbert from John Lindley and Robert Sweet's Ornamental Flower Garden and Shrubbery, G. Willis, London, 1854.
EditorialHelmet, dated A.H. 1196/A.D. 1781?82, Turkish, Steel, silver, niello, H. including mail 24 in. (61 cm); H. excluding mail 9 in. (22.9 cm); Diam. 8 1/8 in. (20.6 cm); Wt. 3 lb. 13.8 oz. (1752 g), Helmets, The tulip decoration on the bowl suggests that t...
EditorialDagger (Qama) with Sheath, 18th?19th century, Caucasian, Steel, silver, niello, textile, silver wire, L. with sheath 18 3/4 in. (47.6 cm); L. without sheath 17 1/4 in. (43.8 cm); W. 1 15/16 in. (4.9 cm); Wt. 14.6 oz. (413.9 g); Wt. of sheath 7.7 oz. (2...
EditorialSword with Scabbard, ca. 1875?1900, Caucasian, Steel, leather, silver, H. with scabbard 38 1/4 in. (97.2 cm); H. without scabbard 37 1/2 in. (95.3 cm); H. of blade 32 in. (81.3 cm); W. 2 in. (5.1 cm); Wt. 1 lb. 5.5 oz. (609.5 g); Wt. of scabbard 11.1 o...
EditorialSword with Scabbard, 19th century, Caucasian, Steel, leather, silver, ivory, wood, H. with scabbard 36 3/4 in. (93.3 cm); H. without scabbard 36 7/8 in. (93.7 cm); H. of blade 31 in. (78.7 cm); W. 2 in. (5.1 cm); Wt. 1 lb. 9.7 oz. (728.6 g); Wt. of sca...
EditorialHelmet, 18th?19th century, Caucasian, Steel, silver, copper alloy, H. including mail 17 1/4 in. (43.8 cm); H. excluding mail 3 1/4 in. (8.3 cm); Diam. 6 3/16 in. (15.7 cm); Wt. 2 lb. 0.4 oz. (918.5 g), Helmets.
EditorialSword with Scabbard, hilt, dated A.H. 1266/A.D. 1849?50; scabbard, dated A.H. 1271/A.D. 1854?55, Caucasian, Steel, niello, textile, silver, wood, H. with scabbard 37 3/4 in. (95.9 cm); H. without scabbard 35 1/2 in. (90.2 cm); W. 2 in. (5.1 cm); Wt. 1 ...
EditorialPortraits of Mohammed II or Mehmed the Conqueror, Ottoman sultan, showing the Turkish Ouralian character, and Nadir Shah, or Thamas Kouli Khan, or the Slave of Thamas, 18th century conqueror. Caucasian Tatars. Handcoloured steel engraving by Lizars aft...
EditorialCaucasean iris or Caucasian flower de luce, Iris caucasica. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Weddell after W. Herbert from John Lindley and Robert Sweet's Ornamental Flower Garden and Shrubbery, G. Willis, London, 1854.
EditorialCircassian warrior. Northwest Caucasian ethnic group native to Circassia, who were displaced in the course of the Russian conquest of the Caucasus in the 19th century, especially after the Russian Circassian War in 1864. Travels through Turkey 1862. By...
EditorialColchicum trigynum (Caucasian merendera, Merendera caucasica). Handcoloured copperplate engraving after a botanical illustration by Walter Fitch from William Jackson Hooker's Botanical Magazine, London, 1839.
EditorialDrinking champagne by Franz Hlavaty, 1861-1917, german . Man , woman, table, champgne, glasses, champagne cooler, elegant dress, hat, drink, alcohol, celebration, glass, happiness, caucasian, europe, germany, glamour, romance, food and drink, liszt gou...
EditorialPortrait of the painter Peter Hasenclever, 1810-53, German, known mostly for his genre subjects, food and drink. glass, roemer, painter, palette, painting, table, book, glasses, wineglasses, winebottles, winebottle, candle, beard, cork, drink, alcohol,...
EditorialDrinking champagne by Franz Hlavaty, 1861-1917, german . Man , woman, table, champgne, glasses, champagne cooler, elegant dress, hat, drink, alcohol, celebration, glass, happiness, caucasian, europe, germany, glamour, romance, food and drink, liszt gou...