EditorialThe blue passion flower (Passiflora caerulea). A a vigorous, deciduous or semi-evergreen tendril vine with palmate leaves and fragrant, blue-white flowers with a prominent fringe of coronal filaments in bands of blue, white, and brown. New illustration...
EditorialRobe for Tibetan aristocrat (chuba), Tibet, Qing dynasty (16441911), Date 18th century, Tibet, Silk, wrapped gold on cream silk, wrapped peacock feather filaments, Overall: 61 x 75 3/4 in. (154.9 x 192.4 cm), Textiles-Costumes.
EditorialChair Strip, China, Qing dynasty (16441911), Date 18th century, China, Silk, metallic thread, peacock feather filaments; on silk; lined with linen(?), 64 1/4 x 20 1/4 in. (163.19 x 51.44 cm), Textiles-Embroidered.
EditorialStencil with Design of Irises, Japan, Edo period (16151868), Date early 19th century, Japan, Double mulberry paper with silk filaments, 25 1/2 x 16 1/2 in. (64.8 x 41.9 cm), Stencils.
EditorialChair Strip with Elephant, China, Qing dynasty (16441911), Date 18th century, China, Silk, metallic thread, peacock feather filaments; on silk; lined with linen(?), 64 1/4 x 20 1/4 in. (163.19 x 51.44 cm), Textiles-Embroidered.
EditorialValance, China, Qing dynasty (16441911), Qianlong period (173695), Date 18th century, China, Silk, peacock feather filaments, metallic thread; on silk, 10 x 50 in. (25.40 x 127 cm), Textiles-Embroidered.
EditorialThe blue passion flower (Passiflora caerulea). A a vigorous, deciduous or semi-evergreen tendril vine with palmate leaves and fragrant, blue-white flowers with a prominent fringe of coronal filaments in bands of blue, white, and brown. New illustration...
EditorialSquare with Holy Warriors Spearing a Serpent, 7th?8th century, Attributed to probably Egypt or Syria, Silk, 5 in. high 5.12 in. wide (12.5 cm high 13 cm wide), Textiles-Woven, Silk, one of the most luxurious fibers used to create textiles, is made from...
EditorialDecorative paint brush, made of white glass beads, strung on wires. Made up of three strands of each three filaments formed from this bead clocks. Sewn to a long cords (round plain weave), for the closure of a shirt, 1625-1700, linen glass, string: l 2...