EditorialThe courtesan Suminoto from the Okanaya, Okanaya uchi Suminoto (title on object), Model patterns of early spring leaves (series title), Hinagata wakana no hatsu moyo (series title on object), The courtesan Suminoto sits in front of a mirror brush her t...
EditorialGoblet with winged stem, Flat base with blown, twisted ribs. Hollow, baluster-shaped trunk with vertical ribs, above which a hollow disk with a wreath of bulbs. Two twisted bars of colorless glass with a white, red and yellow garland, ending in blue co...
EditorialPot with lid on legs, with a lace pattern, Pot with lid, cylindrical, standing on three spherical, ribbed legs. The bottom edge is trimmed with a smooth wire. S-shaped ears with pinched combs. The curved lid has a folded edge and a conical, four-way bu...
EditorialWing glass with funnel-shaped chalice, Wing glass on arched base of silver. The trunk is made up of a twisted, looped rod with white, red and yellow threads. Three pinched combs on either side. Funnel shaped chalice., anonymous, Nederlanden, c. 1600 - ...
EditorialFl?gelglas Wing glass Wing glass funnel-shaped, octagonal chalice, Flat base. The trunk is made up of a twisted, looped bar with red and white threads. Three pinched combs on either side. Conical chalice passing into an octagon., anonymous, Netherlands...
EditorialFlügelglas wing glass Wing glass with tulip-shaped bowl with optically blown vertical ribs, Flat base. The trunk made up of a twisted rod with a white spiral laid in loops. Three white pinched combs on either side. Flat disk under a tulip-shaped bowl ...
EditorialWing glass with tulip-shaped bowl, Wing glass on flat base with folded edge. The trunk is made up of a twisted, looped bar with white and red threads. Four blue combs on either side. Flat disk above which a tulip-shaped bowl., anonymous, Nederlanden, c...
EditorialWing glass with funnel-shaped bowl, Wing glass on flat foot with folded edge. The trunk made up of a ribbed nodus, above which, between two nodes, a twisted rod laid in loops with yellow, red and white threads, ending in two serpent heads. Two pinched ...
EditorialWing glass with optically blown, vertically ribbed, six-necked chalice, Wing glass on flat base with folded edge. The trunk made up of a twisted bar laid in loops, ending in two serpent heads with pinched comb. Two pinched combs on either side. Optical...
EditorialFl?gelglas Fl?gelglas Fl?gelglas Wing glass with conical cup, Wing glass on flat base with folded edge. The trunk built from a twisted bar laid in loops, with white and blue threads. Three pinched combs on either side. Flat disk under a conical cup., a...
EditorialPot on legs, with a lace pattern, Pot, cylindrical, standing on three spherical, ribbed legs. The bottom edge is trimmed with a smooth wire. S-shaped ears with pinched combs. Box are engraved with the diamond in a lace pattern., anonymous, Venice, c. 1...
EditorialCtenophora, Print, Ctenophora comprise a phylum of invertebrate animals that live in marine waters worldwide. They are notable for the groups of cilia they use for swimming (commonly referred to as "combs"), and they are the largest animals to swim wit...
EditorialWool comber using heated wool combs to pull a fine sliver of wool to be spun into yarn. Washed raw wool in a basket, and a clay comb-pot to heat the combs in the foreground. Handcoloured woodcut engraving from The Book of English Trades and Library of ...
EditorialA Pondo dandy. This young man has a knobkerrie in his hand, some metal combs in his hair, and a cocia-tin hung round his neck as ornament, as well as two looking-glasses in round wooden cases. He has trained a few strands of hair to fall in front of h...
EditorialAbove, an amulet. Below, four combs from New Zealand and an amulet or neck ornament made from a whale's tooth. A Collection of Drawings made in the Countries visited by Captain Cook in his First Voyage, 1768-1771. Source: Add. 23920, f.76. Language: En...
EditorialHagiography shows mirrors to Pilgrim, with combs and horse combs on the chest, and ointment jars on the shelves behind. Pilgrimage of the Life of Man. England [West Suffolk?]; circa 1430-1450. Source: Cotton Tiberius A. VII, f.93. Language: Middle English.
EditorialOpenwork Belt Fitting, 7th century, Made in Alamania, Frankish, Cast copper alloy - tinned surface, engraved decoration; two integral posts on reverse; iron tongues, Overall: 3 1/8 x 4 1/8 x 3 1/8 x 5/16 in. (8 x 10.5 x 8 x 0.8 cm), Metalwork-Copper al...
EditorialOpenwork Belt Fitting, 7th century (?), Made in Alamania; Made in Northern France, Frankish, Copper alloy, 'tinned' surface, Overall: 2 5/16 x 1/16 in. (5.9 x 0.2 cm), Metalwork-Copper, Openwork plaques were hung from a belt by a strap. Such useful obj...
EditorialOpenwork Belt Fitting, 7th century, Frankish, Copper alloy, Overall: 3 1/4 x 1/16 in. (8.3 x 0.2 cm), Metalwork-Copper alloy, Openwork plaques were hung from a belt by a strap. Such useful objects as combs, keys, or amulets would then be suspended from...
EditorialLady Lilith, 1867, Watercolor and gouache on paper, 20 3/16 X 17 5/16 in. (51.3 x 44 cm), Drawings, Dante Gabriel Rossetti (British, London 1828?1882 Birchington-on-Sea), Henry Treffry Dunn (British, Truro 1838?1899 London), Fascinated by women?s physi...
EditorialWool comber using heated wool combs to pull a fine sliver of wool to be spun into yarn. Washed raw wool in a basket, and a clay comb-pot to heat the combs in the foreground. Handcoloured woodcut engraving from The Book of English Trades and Library of ...
EditorialDiamond combs and head ornaments, wings, sword hilts, etc. Chromolithograph from Edwin Streeter's Gems Catalog, Bond Street, London, circa 1895.
EditorialUwaki no so, Flirtatious lover., Kitagawa, Utamaro, 1753?-1806, artist, [between 1791 and 1793], 1 print : woodcut, color ; 34.2 x 22.6 cm., Print shows a woman with combs in her hair and a shawl draped over her bare shoulders, exposing her breasts.
EditorialUwaki no so, Flirtatious lover., Kitagawa, Utamaro, 1753?-1806, artist, [between 1791 and 1793], 1 print : woodcut, color ; 34.2 x 22.6 cm., Print shows a woman with combs in her hair and a shawl draped over her bare shoulders, exposing her breasts.
EditorialWoman sitting in front of a mirror while her hairdresser combs her wig and paints her face. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Francis Eginton from Christopher Anstey's "The New Bath Guide," John Browne, 1807.
EditorialNatives of the island of Papua (New Guinea): coastal dwellers with hair combs and body scarification at top, and natives of Rawak island off Waigeo. Handcoloured lithograph from Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsche's "Vollstaendige V?lkergallerie in getreuen Abb...