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EditorialCooper's Guild of Enkhuizen, Guild Medal of Harme Eversz Knoll, Silver Medal. Front: Cooper facing right, standing in his workshop, making staves, behind him: barrel on which hammer rests, hoops and drawbar within a leaf wreath hang on the wall. Revers...
EditorialModel of a Windsail, Model of a cooling sail with weather vane. The upper part consists of three rotating hoops covered with cloth and with a weather vane on top and an opening for the air to enter. A piece of lead serves as a counterweight to the wind...
EditorialModel of a Windsail, Model of a cooling sail. The five hoops are made of wood wrapped in rope. The upper piece between the first two hoops consists of a four pieces of cloth sewn together in a cross, this creates four openings, one for each wind direct...
EditorialModel of a Water Cask, Model of a water barrel with ten hoops and a dowel in the abdomen. It is a model of a 1000 liter barrel. 1:10 scale (according to Obreen)., Rijkswerf Hellevoetsluis, Hellevoetsluis, 1830, wood (plant material), brass (alloy), h 1...
EditorialDrum, old model of the militia, Drum of the militia. The brass bowl is fitted with a calfskin on both sides, held by a hoop and tensioned by means of a tensioning cord with pullers and screws. Both hoops are decorated with a motif of triangles in the c...
EditorialTub or stand ring made of staves wound with two and three hoops, Stand ring or bottomless tub (drip tray) made of loose staves of a tropical hardwood species (bolletry?) Wound by two and three rattan hoops., anonymous, Amsterdam (possibly), c. 1700 - c...
EditorialDrum, old model of the militia, Drum of the militia. The brass bowl is fitted with a calfskin on both sides, held by a hoop and tensioned by means of a tensioning cord with pullers and screws. Both hoops are decorated with a motif of triangles in the c...
EditorialTub or stand ring made of staves wound with two and three hoops, Stand ring or bottomless tub or drip tray made of loose staves of a tropical hardwood species (bolletry?) Wound by two and three hoops from rattan., anonymous, Amsterdam (possibly), c. 17...
EditorialCalendar page for February. Initial, text and at bottom, agricultural workers with hoops. The Golf Book. Netherlands, S. (Bruges). c. 1520 - 1530. Source: Add. 24098 f.20. Language: Latin.
EditorialVictorian children playing hoops in a park near the Palais Royale, Paris. Colour woodblock after an illustration by Thomas Crane and Ellen Houghton from Abroad, Marcus Ward, London, 1882.
EditorialChukchi man in armour made of wood, whale bone, iron hoops and seal sinews covered with leather. (Chukotka region, Russia). HIs wife and son beside him. From Joseph Billings and Martin Sauer?s An Account of an Expedition to the Northern Parts of Russia...
EditorialCalendar page for February. Initial, text and at bottom, agricultural workers with hoops. The Golf Book. Netherlands, S. (Bruges). c. 1520 - 1530. Source: Add. 24098 f.20. Language: Latin.
EditorialCooper'. A cooper is someone who makes wooden staved vessels, bound together with hoops and possessing flat ends or heads. Rowlandson's characteristic Sketches of the Lower Orders, intended as a companion to the New Picture of London: consisting of fi...
EditorialCalendar page for February. Initial, text and at bottom, agricultural workers with hoops. The Golf Book. Netherlands, S. (Bruges). c. 1520 - 1530. Source: Add. 24098 f.20. Language: Latin.
EditorialButter Churn. Dated: c. 1942. Dimensions: overall: 27.9 x 35.7 cm (11 x 14 1/16 in.) Original IAD Object: Drum: 22" in diameter; 9" wide; staves: 1/2" thick; hoops: 1 3/4" thick. Medium: watercolor and graphite on paperboard.
EditorialButter Churn. Dated: c. 1942. Dimensions: overall: 27.9 x 35.7 cm (11 x 14 1/16 in.) Original IAD Object: Drum: 22" in diameter; 9" wide; staves: 1/2" thick; hoops: 1 3/4" thick. Medium: watercolor and graphite on paperboard.
EditorialRag doll, Roman, made in Egypt, 1st-5th century. This doll is fairly well-proportioned, and has a head and a body. The arms are made from a long roll of linen attached at the back. The doll is made of made of coarse linen and is stuffed with rags and p...
EditorialPromenade dress, 1862?64, American, cotton, In the 1860s, dress swelled in volume, but like the dresses we most associate with Scarlett O'Hara, their grand circumferences were supported by crinolines or hoops, allowing some air to circulate below.
EditorialBracelet (one of a pair), ca. 400, Made in probably Rome, Byzantine, Gold, Overall: 2 11/16 x 2 5/16 x 1 13/16 in. (6.8 x 5.9 x 4.6 cm), Metalwork-Gold, The medallions and hoops of these handsome bracelets were worked by tracing the design onto a gold ...
EditorialEarring with head of a bull, Ptolemaic Period, 2nd?1st century B.C., Probably from Egypt, gold, As Worn: H. 3.7 ? W. 4.1 cm (1 7/16 ? 1 5/8 in.), Hoops formed of wound wire with animal head terminals are the commonest type of Hellenistic earring. The b...
EditorialVictorian children playing hoops in a park near the Palais Royale, Paris. Colour woodblock after an illustration by Thomas Crane and Ellen Houghton from Abroad, Marcus Ward, London, 1882.
EditorialChukchi man in armour made of wood, whale bone, iron hoops and seal sinews covered with leather. (Chukotka region, Russia). HIs wife and son beside him. From Joseph Billings and Martin Sauer?s An Account of an Expedition to the Northern Parts of Russia...
EditorialCooper, someone who makes wooden, staved vessels, bound together with hoops and possessing flat ends or heads, Jan Gillisz. van Vliet, Anonymous, 1635 - 1685.
EditorialMedieval men and woman playing a game of croquet with mallet and hoops. (Pall mall was invented in the 16th century.) Handcoloured lithograph after an illustration by J. E. Rogers from Francis Cowley Burnand's "Present Pastimes of Merrie England, Casse...
EditorialRag doll, Roman, made in Egypt, 1st-5th century. This doll is fairly well-proportioned, and has a head and a body. The arms are made from a long roll of linen attached at the back. The doll is made of made of coarse linen and is stuffed with rags and p...