EditorialSampler, Medium: cotton and linen embroidery on cotton foundation Technique: embroidered in satin, stem, and cross stitches on plain weave foundation, Eighty squares of pattern., Germany, 18th century, embroidery & stitching, Sampler.
EditorialSampler, Medium: silk embroidery, linen foundation Technique: crewel, double running, satin, stem and drawnwork stitches on plain weave, Twenty-five squares with embroidery. Twenty in geometric patterns, two with butterflies, one with roses, one with f...
EditorialSampler, Medium: silk embroidery, linen foundation Technique: crewel, double running, satin, stem and drawnwork stitches on plain weave, Twenty-five squares with embroidery. Twenty in geometric patterns, two with butterflies, one with roses, one with f...
EditorialSampler, Medium: silk embroidery on cotton foundation Technique: embroidered in cross, running (pattern darning), hollie point needle lace (loop and twist and passive return) on plain weave foundation, Seventeen darning crosses, central patch, four squ...
EditorialPatchwork cover, Medium: silk, cotton Technique: chromolithography printed on 7 & 1 satin, stitching, Patchwork cover made of cigarette souvenir squares printed with different types of flowers as well as two squares containing the mottos: 'Always laugh...
EditorialSampler, Mary Brown, Medium: silk and linen embroidery on linen foundation Technique: embroidered in satin, stem and buttonhole stitches, with cutwork with needle-made loop-and-twist fillings (hollie point), on plain weave foundation, Small square samp...
EditorialSidewall, Block printed on handmade paper, Vertical rectangle; the end of a roll composed of joined sheets. Fleurons and squares, brown and yellow, in alternating rows, with remainder of background covered by a foliate arabesque. The printed motifs sim...
EditorialDarning sampler, Medium: silk embroidery on linen foundation Technique: embroidered in running, satin, buttonhole and eyelet stitches with overcasting over withdrawn element work on plain weave foundation, Twelve squares of darning samples within an em...
EditorialLog Cabin, Medium: cotton, wool, silk Technique: quilted, appliqu?d on plain weave with supplementary warp pile (velvet), backed with satin weave, Square table cover. Central 'Log Cabin' design of 13 squares (1 large and 12 small) with stars at center ...
EditorialSampler, Medium: cotton and linen embroidery on cotton foundation Technique: embroidered in satin, stem, and cross stitches on plain weave foundation, Eighty squares of pattern., Germany, 18th century, embroidery & stitching, Sampler.
EditorialGarment for an ecclesiastical figurine, Medium: cotton (for outer jacket); silk (for lining); metallic thread Technique: double cloth (outer jacket): plain weave with warps and wefts of twill, Jacket of blue and white cotton in squares with metallic tr...
EditorialCurtain panel, Medium: silk Technique: compound twill with complementary wefts Label: silk twill with complementary wefts, Silk curtain panel in dark blue, white, green and yellow silk on a dull red ground. The yellow silk forms the major part of the d...
EditorialDarning sampler, Medium: silk embroidery on cotton foundation Technique: embroidered in running, cross, eyelet, and chain stitches on plain weave foundation, Central square with inner borders surrounded by darning crosses and squares of embroidery. Squ...
EditorialTable cover, Medium: linen Technique: cutwork with needle lace, Rectangular panel of linen ornamented with small squares containing leaves worked in needle lace and larger squared containing birds worked in needle lace, edged with narrow bobbin lace., ...
EditorialSampler, Medium: linen, silk, metal-wrapped silk Technique: embroidered in cross, rococo, half cross, eyelet, and satin stitches on plain weave foundation, At left, two alphabets, numerals, date, and motifs of fruit and flowers. At right, 18 squares of...
EditorialTable cover, Medium: linen Technique: cutwork and embroidery, Cover ornamented at the corners and sides with a conventional design in cutwork squares and embroidery. Central field marked into squares by hemstitching., USA, ca. 1900, embroidery & stitch...
EditorialCover, Medium: linen Technique: cutwork with needle lace fillings and hemstitching Label: linen embroidered with cutwork and needle lace fillings, Linen table cover with embroidery and cutwork squares filled with needle lace in the form of stylized bir...
EditorialSampler, Medium: silk embroidery, linen foundation Technique: crewel, double running, satin, stem and drawnwork stitches on plain weave, Twenty-five squares with embroidery. Twenty in geometric patterns, two with butterflies, one with roses, one with f...
EditorialSampler, Medium: silk embroidery on linen foundation Technique: embroidered on plain weave, Small embroidered sampler with a grid composition of three by five squares, each with a different geometric pattern including diamonds, stripes and zigzags; wor...
EditorialSampler, Mary Fitz, (American, born 1807), Medium: silk and human hair embroidery, cotton foundation, silk ribbon Technique: embroidered in cross, half cross, satin, stem, rococo, feather and buttonhole stitches on plain weave foundation, Central scene...
EditorialMirror with geometric patterns and stylized animals, Taoist gods and heavenly animals, band with squares on which characters are interspersed with semicircular notches. The patina is yellow green and dark green., anonymous, China, 200 - 300, bronze (me...
EditorialField of four tiles with flowers in squares, Field of four tiles (2 x 2) each with a multi-colored (blue, orange and purple) painted flower within an octagon formed by tendrils of flowers and leaves. In the corners, a beam angle., anonymous, Netherland...
EditorialMirror with Deities and Animals Surrounded by Rings of Squares and Semicircles, early 2nd Century - early 3rd Century. China, Eastern Han dynasty (25-220) ?. Bronze; diameter: 10.8 cm (4 1/4 in.); overall: 1.1 cm (7/16 in.); rim: 0.5 cm (3/16 in.).
EditorialMirror with Deities and Animals Surrounded by Rings of Squares and Semicircles, early 2nd Century - early 3rd Century. China, Eastern Han dynasty (25-220) ?. Bronze; diameter: 10.8 cm (4 1/4 in.); overall: 1.1 cm (7/16 in.); rim: 0.5 cm (3/16 in.).
EditorialMirror with geometric patterns and stylized animals, Taoist gods and heavenly animals, band with squares on which characters are interspersed with semicircular notches. The patina is yellow green and dark green., anonymous, China, 200 - 300, bronze (me...
EditorialJubako with inlaid gold leaf rectangles, rectangular stacking box of two trays and a slightly convex lid, becoming less deep upwards. Decorated with a mosaic of inlaid gold leaf, with larger squares scattered against a background of smaller rectangles....
EditorialTea bowl with a black glaze and geometric patterns in panels, Tea bowl from stoneware in shoe form, partly covered with black glaze. The side walls and the lower part of the bowl are unglazed. On the side walls on the outside squares with dots or circl...
EditorialField of four tiles with flowers in squares, Field of four tiles (2 x 2) each with a multi-colored (blue, orange and purple) painted flower within an octagon formed by tendrils of flowers and leaves. In the corners, a beam angle., anonymous, Netherland...
EditorialShoe buckle, square, decorated with palmettes, flowers and squares, Shoe buckle of silver, alternately decorated with palmettes, flowers and squares. The hinged closure with one pin is also made of silver., Martinus van der Pol (attributed to), Middelb...
EditorialHandkerchief of batist with double decorative frame with leather and j-shaped motifs, Handkerchief of natural-colored batist finished around with natural-colored bobbin lace: fine Bruges floral work. The bobbin lace consists of a double decorative fram...
EditorialSilver colored metal buckle, brooch or hairdresser set with strass, brooch or hairdresser set with strass. Round model with a circuit of radially placed squares set with strass. The squares are concatenated with arches of five rhinestones, which togeth...
EditorialHand guard, almost round tsuba with openwork decoration of two squares, on the outside edge of a silver ornament of arabesques and on the edge of the square in a zigzag pattern, signed 'yoshu ju shoami ietake'., Shoami Ietake (possibly), Japan, 1600 - ...
EditorialMirror Featuring Deities and Kings in Three Sections Surrounded by Rings of Squares and Semicircles, late 2nd-early 3rd century. China, Eastern Han dynasty (25-220). Bronze; diameter: 13.9 cm (5 1/2 in.); overall: 1 cm (3/8 in.); rim: 0.4 cm (3/16 in.).
EditorialMirror with Deities and Animals Surrounded by Rings of Squares and Semicircles, early 2nd Century - early 3rd Century. China, Eastern Han dynasty (25-220) ?. Bronze; diameter: 10.8 cm (4 1/4 in.); overall: 1.1 cm (7/16 in.); rim: 0.5 cm (3/16 in.).