EditorialSampler, Medium: linen and silk embroidery, linen foundation Technique: embroidered on plain weave Label: Linen embroidered in linen and silk, Sampler is divided into compartments with vases, birds, and flowers. Those compartments with text are compose...
EditorialSampler, Medium: silk embroidery on cotton foundation Technique: embroidered in cross, long-armed cross, running, satin, back, and eyelet stitches, with withdrawn element work with needle made fillings, on plain weave foundation, Bands of pattern. Rebu...
EditorialSampler, Medium: silk and linen on linen Technique: cross, long-armed cross, double running, stem, 'aztec' and deflected element work on plain weave foundation; counted stitches; hemmed at bottom and top; cut edge at right, Several bands of withdrawn e...
EditorialFylfot motif, Mulberry paper (kozo washi) treated with fermented persimmon tannin (kakishibu), and silk threads (itoire), Fylfot (sayagata) is a popular geometric design that was called 'saya' during the Edo era. This pattern is a standard map symbol f...
EditorialFylfot motif, Mulberry paper (kozo washi) treated with fermented persimmon tannin (kakishibu), Fylfot (sayagata) is a popular geometric design that was called 'saya' during the Edo era. This pattern is a standard map symbol for Buddhist temples in Japa...
EditorialThe Rhine at Duisburg, 1937, Gypsum, oil, and charcoal on cardboard, 7 1/2 ? 11 in. (19.1 ? 27.9 cm), Paintings, Paul Klee (German (born Switzerland), M?nchenbuchsee 1879?1940 Muralto-Locarno), Here, Klee inventively transforms the industrial city of D...