EditorialFragment, Medium: silk Technique: cut and uncut voided supplementary warp pile in a satin foundation (pile-on-pile velvet), Small-patterned or 'miniature' velvet with a white satin foundation forming short branch-like motif, which support a double flor...
EditorialFrieze, Maxwell & Co., S.A., Chicago, Illinois, USA, Machine-printed paper, Two bands of a repeating design which proceed in opposite directions and which are reversed. Composed of a continuous floral mountain and valley chain, interrupted by a similar...
EditorialYouth in chlamys cape holding a vase with both hands, and another in chlamys holding a branch like a flabellum and a crown. Copperplate engraving by Tommaso Piroli from his Antiquities of Herculaneum (Antichita di Ercolano), Rome, 1789.
EditorialSilver holder of oil and vinegar set, Silver holder of oil and vinegar set. The bottom has a round arched elevation in the middle, crowned by a leaf-shaped, profiled button. It rests on four leaf-shaped legs. The same, cut-away walls are mounted on the...
EditorialCandlestick vase, painted with flower garlands, Candlestick vase of porcelain. The round base of the vase and the base of the candle holder are decorated with a laurel wreath in relief. The twisted godrons on the base of the vase and on the lid, the go...
EditorialOil and vinegar set, Het set consists of a silver holder, two bottles of colorless, cut glass and a silver pepper canister. The bottom has a round arched elevation in the middle, crowned by a leaf-shaped, profiled button. It rests on four leaf-shaped l...
EditorialStrip of bobbin lace with rounded triangular scallops, Strip of natural-colored bobbin lace, blonde. The strip has a slightly curved shape. The repeating pattern begins with a slanting branch that curls at the bottom. There is a round flower on each si...
EditorialYouth in chlamys cape holding a vase with both hands, and another in chlamys holding a branch like a flabellum and a crown. Copperplate engraving by Tommaso Piroli from his Antiquities of Herculaneum (Antichita di Ercolano), Rome, 1789.
EditorialYouth in chlamys cape holding a vase with both hands, and another in chlamys holding a branch like a flabellum and a crown. Copperplate engraving by Tommaso Piroli from his Antiquities of Herculaneum (Antichita di Ercolano), Rome, 1789.