EditorialHelmet found at Bosworth Field, and flexible cuirass of metal laminae on leather said to have belonged to King Henry VIII. Copperplate engraving by J. Hamilton from Francis Grose's Military Antiquities respecting a History of the English Army, Stockdal...
EditorialSuit of armour of an Italian man at arms of Count Gironi, Bologna, 1555. The suit has flexible splints at elbows, breastplate and backplate, and a flexible codpiece for comfort when seated in the saddle. Geman pennated dagger at bottom. Handcoloured li...
EditorialJewelry cockade and flexible rings designed by Morgan. Aigrette et bagues souples par Morgan. Handcoloured pochoir (stencil) etching from Tommaso Antonginis Journal des Dames et des Modes, Aux Bureaux du Journal des Dames, Paris, 1913.
EditorialFox, one of five trained birds of prey that live and work with Adam Baz, an urban falconer, in Los Angeles, Feb. 8, 2020. (Jake Michaels/The New York Times)
EditorialLepas anatifera, Print, Lepas anatifera, commonly known as the pelagic gooseneck barnacle or smooth gooseneck barnacle, is a species of barnacle in the family Lepadidae. These barnacles are found, often in large numbers, attached by their flexible stal...
EditorialMantis, Print, Mantises are an order (Mantodea) of insects that contains over 2, 400 species in about 430 genera in 15 families. The largest family is the Mantidae ("mantids"). Mantises are distributed worldwide in temperate and tropical habitats. They...
EditorialMantis, Print, Mantises are an order (Mantodea) of insects that contains over 2, 400 species in about 430 genera in 15 families. The largest family is the Mantidae ("mantids"). Mantises are distributed worldwide in temperate and tropical habitats. They...
EditorialLeather loincloth, Egyptian, New Kingdom, c1550-c1079 BC. Leather loincloth cut from a single piece of hide, perhaps the skin of a gazelle. The diamond pattern decoration was made by cutting staggered slits, then pulling the leather to enlarge the hole...
EditorialShirt of Mail and Plate, late 15th?16th century, possibly Istanbul, Turkish, possibly Istanbul, Steel, iron, copper alloy, silver, as mounted, H. 34 in. (86.4 cm); Wt. 20 lb. 10 oz. (9349 g), Coat of mail and plate, Shirts constructed of small interloc...
EditorialCommon morel, Morchella esculenta 40, half-free morel, M. semilibera 41, white saddle, Helvella crispa 42, slate-grey saddle, H. lacunosa 43 and flexible helvella, H. elastica 44. Chromolithograph after an illustration by M. C. Cooke from his own "Brit...
EditorialShirt of Mail and Plate, late 15th?16th century, possibly Istanbul, Turkish, possibly Istanbul, Steel, iron, copper alloy, silver, as mounted, H. 34 in. (86.4 cm); Wt. 20 lb. 10 oz. (9349 g), Coat of mail and plate, Shirts constructed of small interloc...
EditorialCuirass (Haramaki Do), late 15th?early 16th century, Japanese, Iron, leather, silk, rayskin, lacquer, copper, horn, Armor Parts, Arms and Armor Department founding curator Bashford Dean's three-month trip to Japan in the spring of 1917 resulted in many...
EditorialGem flexible bracelets in pearl, diamond, enamel, sapphire and ruby. Chromolithograph from Edwin Streeter's Gems Catalog, Bond Street, London, circa 1895.
EditorialCommon morel, Morchella esculenta 40, half-free morel, M. semilibera 41, white saddle, Helvella crispa 42, slate-grey saddle, H. lacunosa 43 and flexible helvella, H. elastica 44. Chromolithograph after an illustration by M. C. Cooke from his own "Brit...
EditorialLeather loincloth, Egyptian, New Kingdom, c1550-c1079 BC. Leather loincloth cut from a single piece of hide, perhaps the skin of a gazelle. The diamond pattern decoration was made by cutting staggered slits, then pulling the leather to enlarge the hole...