EditorialWhalebone plaque, Viking, 9th century. Whalebone plaque decorated with a pair of openwork horses' heads at the top and incised with ring-and-dot and geometric designs. It is thought that these plaques were used as boards for smoothing folds and seams i...
EditorialSmoothing Plane. Dated: 1940. Dimensions: overall: 28.1 x 35.5 cm (11 1/16 x 14 in.) Original IAD Object: 8" long; 2 3/4" wide; 2 1/2" high. Medium: watercolor and graphite on paperboard.
EditorialSmoothing Plane. Possibly Germany. Date: 1735. Dimensions: 5.4 x 4.8 x 4.5 cm (2 1/8 x 1 7/8 x 1 3/4 in.). Hardwood, horn, and brass wire inlay. Origin: Germany.
EditorialMirror Lapper. Machine by to the manufacturing of concave mirrors. During the Renaissance, mirrors are obtained by smoothing carefully bronze, copper or silver surfaces until they reflect perfectly. The machines designed by Leonardo. Codex Atlanticus. ...
EditorialMirror Lapper. Machine by to the manufacturing of concave mirrors. During the Renaissance, mirrors are obtained by smoothing carefully bronze, copper or silver surfaces until they reflect perfectly. The machines designed by Leonardo. Codex Atlanticus. ...
EditorialScrape from the wreck of the East India dealer Hollandia, Tools and instruments, woodworking, plane, fragm of smoothing plane, broken: curved front grip, back of the stock rounded, Annet, Dutch East India Company, Hollandia (ship), anonymous, Netherlan...
EditorialSmoothing Plane. Possibly Germany. Date: 1735. Dimensions: 5.4 x 4.8 x 4.5 cm (2 1/8 x 1 7/8 x 1 3/4 in.). Hardwood, horn, and brass wire inlay. Origin: Germany.
EditorialWhalebone plaque, Viking, 9th century. Whalebone plaque decorated with a pair of openwork horses' heads at the top and incised with ring-and-dot and geometric designs. It is thought that these plaques were used as boards for smoothing folds and seams i...
EditorialAdvertisement for Steedman's Smoothing Powders and Harris' Polishing Paste, with a maid polishing a mirror. The book of household management ... Entirely new edition, revised and corrected, with new coloured engravings. London : Ward, Lock, Bowden & Co...
EditorialSmoothing Plane. Dated: 1940. Dimensions: overall: 28.1 x 35.5 cm (11 1/16 x 14 in.) Original IAD Object: 8" long; 2 3/4" wide; 2 1/2" high. Medium: watercolor and graphite on paperboard.
EditorialSmoothing Plane. Dated: 1940. Dimensions: overall: 28.1 x 35.5 cm (11 1/16 x 14 in.) Original IAD Object: 8" long; 2 3/4" wide; 2 1/2" high. Medium: watercolor and graphite on paperboard.
EditorialMirror Lapper. Machine by to the manufacturing of concave mirrors. During the Renaissance, mirrors are obtained by smoothing carefully bronze, copper or silver surfaces until they reflect perfectly. The machines designed by Leonardo. Codex Atlanticus. ...
EditorialWhalebone plaque, Viking, 9th century. Whalebone plaque decorated with a pair of openwork horses' heads at the top and incised with ring-and-dot and geometric designs. It is thought that these plaques were used as boards for smoothing folds and seams i...