EditorialSampler, Medium: linen, silk Technique: embroidered on plain weave, Sampler divided vertically into quadrants; three show embroidered silk bands and rectangles of geometric patterning; one shows bands of drawnwork., Toledo, Spain, 18th century, embroid...
EditorialWall tile, Lead-glazed earthenware, Border tile decorated in white, cobalt, turquoise, apple-green, and purple with black lines. Lower part forms part of a continuous arabesque frieze featuring interwoven cloud bands. Upper half composed of two quadran...
EditorialBowl and cover, pressed glass, Of thick clear glass. The roughly rectangular curving bowl (a) molded with wide bands forming an x within diamond-patterned triangular quadrants above a squared shaft on a spreading rectangular foot, the front and back pa...
EditorialTextile, Medium: cotton Technique: printed, Printed patchwork fragment has the image of President James A. Garfield and alternating shield flags patterned with either stars and stripes or an anchor with stars. Remaining quadrants have a printed patchwo...
EditorialDesign for a Painted Porcelain Tray, Brush and watercolor, gouache, pen and brown ink, black chalk on cream laid paper, Slightly scalloped painted porcelain tray in elevation (above) and in plan (below), decorated at quadrants with floral sprays of pin...
EditorialFour Allegories of Commedia and Tragedy, Felice Giani, Italian, 17581823, Pen and brown ink, graphite on cream laid paper, Page divided into quadrants with further details at right margin. Notes above and below., Italy, ca. 1810, figures, Drawing, Drawing.
EditorialDesign for Wallpaper and Textiles: Flowers, Brush and gouache, graphite on cream paper, Cluster of pink and red flowers with foliage at center of page. Four clusters surround this one, from top clockwise: small pink flower facing downward, white and pi...
EditorialQuarter of a Ceiling, Livre de Plafonds (Book of Ceilings), Fran?ois de Cuvilli?s the Elder, Belgian, active Germany, 1695 - 1768, Franz Xaver Andreas Jungwierth, German, 17201790, Engraving on white laid paper, Folio 11, plate 3 of series 7. Design fo...
EditorialTile, Joseph Fowler Factory, John Bowen, Tin-Enamelled earthenware, Square tile. Center reserved in white, with male figure in Chinese style, manganese and blue, standing on green and yellow mound. Blue border with double row of black circles and dots;...
EditorialFragment, Medium: linen Technique: plain weave embroidered with withdrawn element work, Fragment of a woven linen border with pointed tabs on one edge. Geometric design has rectangular quadrants decorated with embroidery and small squares with needlema...
EditorialSampler, Medium: linen, silk Technique: embroidered on plain weave, Sampler divided vertically into quadrants; three show embroidered silk bands and rectangles of geometric patterning; one shows bands of drawnwork., Toledo, Spain, 18th century, embroid...
EditorialDecorative door boss and nail, Steel-plated wrought iron, Flat, square mount with wrought line to form design with quadrants, each with projecting cusps and two barbs forming a leaf-like pattern. Grooved pyramidal nail heads on a square shank., Spain, ...
EditorialThe Four Elements: Earth, Water, Air, Fire, Felice Giani, Italian, 17581823, Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash over traces of graphite on cream laid paper, Page divided into four quadrants with allegorical figures., Italy, ca. 1800, classicism, D...
EditorialSidewall, Machine-printed, Aesthetic style design. Divided into quadrants with circular medallions separating. Printed in lavender, olive green and light yellow on tan ground., 187987, Wallcoverings, Sidewall.
EditorialArtist: Yena Yuanxian, Chinese, active 16th century, Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara in the White-Robed Manifestation (Baiyi?Guanyin), 16th?century, Hanging scroll, ink and color on silk, without mounting: 83 7/16 ? 29 15/16 in. (212 ? 76 cm), Known in Chi...
EditorialVz: stylized head l., Kz: four quadrants, dot wreath in 1 and 2, ax in 3, coin, drachma, Gallia (a la croix), metal, silver, Diam. 12 mm, wt. 1.73 gr, Roman BC II, unknown, unknown, unknown, unknown.
EditorialVz: Head l., Two S-forms, Kz: four quadrants, 3x dot crescent visible, coin, drachma, Gallia (tete negroid), metal, silver, Diam. 12x13 mm, wt. 3.34 gr, Roman BC II, unknown, unknown, unknown, unknown.
EditorialVz: Head r., Hair in S-shape, Kz: 4 quadrants, ax in 3 and point in 4, style flamboyant (series IX), coin, drachma, Gallia (a la croix), metal, silver , Diam. 11x11, wt. 2.76 gr, Roman BC II, unknown, unknown, unknown, unknown.
EditorialVz: Head l., Two S-shapes, Kz: four quadrants, 3x dot crescent visible, coin, drachma, Gallia (tete negroid), metal, silver, Diam. 10x11 mm, wt. 3.10 gr, Roman BC II, unknown, unknown, unknown, unknown.
EditorialVz: head l., Kz: four half moons in quadrants of cross, coin, celtic drachma, Volcae Tectosages, metal, silver, Diam. 13 mm, wt. 3.59 gr, Roman BC IA, France.
EditorialBox with Compass Card, Wooden box with a compass rose belonging to an azimuth compass. The compass rose is printed on green paper, the degree distribution, in four quadrants, is in mirror writing for reading with the prismatic visor. The compass rose h...
Editorial[Whole folio] Astronomers at the top of Mount Athos. Four astronomers study the night sky with quadrants and astrolabes. In the foreground, three men with sticks are tracing inscriptions which give the impression of a secret script or one of the foreig...
EditorialOriental carpet, Oriental carpet whose midfield is completely filled with diagonal stripes in various colors. The widest border is decorated with rosettes interspersed with quadrants, against a white background., Kaukasus, c. 1799 - c. 1899, h 222 cm ?...
EditorialTwo Quadrants, Two almost identical clinometers to the maximum slope of a winding ship. Both are brass, mounted on a wooden back plate with the center of the bow at the top. The scale on the arc runs from 0 ? to 45 ? each side. The outer edge of the ar...
EditorialBox with Compass Card, Wooden box with a compass rose belonging to an azimuth compass. The compass rose is printed on green paper, the degree distribution, in four quadrants, is in mirror writing for reading with the prismatic visor. The compass rose h...
EditorialGun Lock (Percussion), Iron percussion lock with pull-off rope, on wooden board. The hammer has two quadrants at the shaft, which is mounted between two cheeks. A double pull-off rope is attached to the quadrants, which, if pulled, moves the hammer. Th...
EditorialGunlock (Percussion), Iron percussion lock with subtraction rope. The hammer has two quadrants at the shaft, which is mounted between two cheeks. A double subtraction rope is attached to the quadrants. The housing is mounted at the back against the bre...
EditorialManuscript Leaf with Scenes from the Life of Saint Francis of Assisi, ca. 1320?42, Made in Bologna (for Hungarian use), Italy, Italian, Tempera and gold on parchment, 8 5/8 x 6 5/8in. (21.9 x 16.8cm), Manuscripts and Illuminations, Scenes from the stor...
Editorial[Whole folio] Astronomers at the top of Mount Athos. Four astronomers study the night sky with quadrants and astrolabes. In the foreground, three men with sticks are tracing inscriptions which give the impression of a secret script or one of the foreig...
Editorial[Whole folio] Astronomers at the top of Mount Athos. Four astronomers study the night sky with quadrants and astrolabes. In the foreground, three men with sticks are tracing inscriptions which give the impression of a secret script or one of the foreig...
EditorialManuscript Leaf with Scenes from the Life of Saint Francis of Assisi, ca. 1320?42, Made in Bologna (for Hungarian use), Italy, Italian, Tempera and gold on parchment, 8 5/8 x 6 5/8in. (21.9 x 16.8cm), Manuscripts and Illuminations, Scenes from the stor...
EditorialBinding for the Mantiq al-tayr (Language of the Birds), ca. 1600, Made in Iran, Isfahan, Leather, gold, and color; carved, impressed, and gilded, 13 x 8 1/2 in. (33 x 21.6 cm), Codices, This is an elaborate example of the most common type of Safavid bi...
EditorialARABE MANUSCRIPT: SIGNATURE 918 TREATY ON SOLAR QUADRANTS. SHEET 78 R. (EXHIBITION THE SCIENTIFIC LEGACY OF AL-ANDALUS) (LOCATION: REAL LIBRARY OF THE MONASTERY OF SAN LORENZO DE EL ESCORIAL).