EditorialSpain, Castile-La Mancha, Toledo. Synagogue of Santa Maria la Blanca. In 1180 the Jewish community of Toledo financed the construction of the church in Mudejar style, work that was carried out by Muslim builders. Detail of a capital decorated by geomet...
EditorialFragment, Medium: linen Technique: withdrawn element, Insertion of reticella has an interior band with adjoining four-lobed frameworks. Small circle is in the center of each framework. Outer band has small squares filled with wavy diagonals., Italy, 16...
EditorialFragment, Medium: linen Technique: bobbin lace (provincial style), Fragment with small clothstitch diamond shapes that surround a smaller diamond-shaped frameworks., Europe, 19th century, lace, Fragment.
EditorialCeiling medallion, Block-printed, Set within a square framework, central stylized floral motif, surrounded by pink roses, small blue flowers and fern fronds. Three smaller square frameworks are directly opposite. The frame on either end containing a la...
EditorialMehrsa Baradaran at a hearing entitled “Examining Regulatory Frameworks for Digital Currencies and Blockchain” in Washington, in 2019. (U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs via The New York Times)
EditorialBlack and Blue Painted Bowl, early 13th century, Made in Iran, probably Kashan, Stonepaste; polychrome painted under transparent glaze, H. 3 7/8 in. (9.8 cm), Ceramics, The whiteness of stonepaste provided a canvas upon which potters could paint pigmen...
EditorialGarrus-ware Bowl, 12th?13th century, Attributed to Iran, Earthenware; white slip-covered, carved decoration under a monochrome glaze (Garrus ware), H. 4 3/4 in. (12.1 cm), Ceramics, This bowl belongs to a group known as Garrus ware, named after a distr...
EditorialLid, 12th?13th century, Attributed to Iran, Earthenware; white slip-covered, carved decoration under a monochrome glaze (Garrus ware), H. 2 1/4 in. (5.7 cm), Ceramics, This bowl belongs to a group known as Garrus ware, named after a district southwest ...
EditorialBlack and Blue Painted Bowl, early 13th century, Made in Iran, probably Kashan, Stonepaste; polychrome painted under transparent glaze, H. 3 7/8 in. (9.8 cm), Ceramics, The whiteness of stonepaste provided a canvas upon which potters could paint pigmen...