EditorialGlass bowl fragment with gold leaf and painted decoration, Late Imperial, 3rd?4th century A.D., Roman, Glass, gold, paint; blown, gold foil applied to upper surface and decorated with stylus, painted, and a second thin layer of glass pressed onto upper...
EditorialGlass bowl fragment with gold leaf and painted decoration, Late Imperial, 3rd?4th century A.D., Roman, Glass, gold, paint; blown, gold foil applied to upper surface and decorated with stylus, painted, and a second thin layer of glass pressed onto upper...
EditorialPleated fan and box, Alou?se van de Voord, Fr?d?ric Houbron, (French, 18501907), Silk leaf, painted with gouache and backed with silk satin, tortoise shell sticks, silk tassel, Pleated fan with black silk leaf. Obverse: scene of a fairy and three cupid...
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...
EditorialTextile, Gorgerat Fr?res et Cie., (Nantes, France, 17831815), Medium: cotton Technique: printed by engraved copper plates on plain weave, Roman figures preparing a sacrifice at an altar under an elaborate canopy with a female figure holding a crown rep...
EditorialSide chair, Satinwood with painted decoration, ivory, caned seat, The chair's caned seat is rounded at its corners. Its openwork back has drapery swags joined by small diamond-shaped medallions painted in black and white with cherub figures. The legs t...
EditorialSide chair, Mahogany, Shield-shaped back. The vase shaped openwork vertical splat consists of five curved vertical slats-- the center one is carved with foliage at the base; the branches into three ostrich feathers. Splats on both sides curving outward...
EditorialGlass bowl fragment with gold leaf and painted decoration, Late Imperial, 3rd?4th century A.D., Roman, Glass, gold, paint; blown, gold foil applied to upper surface and decorated with stylus, painted, and a second thin layer of glass pressed onto upper...
EditorialApollo and Daphne, Ronde, lead plaque. Apollo on the right with the bow in his left hand, his right one extended to the fleeing nymph, who, in order to escape his pursuit, is turned into a laurel tree by her father, the river god. In the sky the archer...
EditorialFragment of a terracotta plaque, Classical, late 5th century B.C., Greek, Terracotta, 3 5/8 in. x 3 in. (9.2 cm x 7.6 cm), Terracottas, Drapery of a dancing woman. The original representation showed a kalathiskos dancer.
EditorialMedallion portrait of an unknown man, He is pictured to the right in profile. His curly hair falls to the shoulders. The open shirt is largely covered by a drapery., anonymous, Netherlands (possibly), c. 1700 - c. 1800, ivory, d 8 cm.
EditorialSuzanna with the old, Round, lead plaque. On the left in the foreground one of the old, three-quarters viewed from behind, to the right behind a tree stump the second in profile, leaning forward towards Suzanna, who leans back in the middle plan, in a ...
EditorialLimestone statuette of Apollo(?), Hellenistic, 3rd?1st century B.C., Cypriot, Limestone, H.: 20 1/4 x 7 3/4 in., 4.5 cm (51.4 x 19.7 cm, 1 3/4 in.), Stone Sculpture, Male figure with drapery thrown over left arm.
EditorialFragment of a terracotta plaque, Classical, late 5th century B.C., Greek, Terracotta, 3 5/8 in. x 3 in. (9.2 cm x 7.6 cm), Terracottas, Drapery of a dancing woman. The original representation showed a kalathiskos dancer.
EditorialGlass bowl fragment with gold leaf and painted decoration, Late Imperial, 3rd?4th century A.D., Roman, Glass, gold, paint; blown, gold foil applied to upper surface and decorated with stylus, painted, and a second thin layer of glass pressed onto upper...