EditorialMantelpiece and paneling of wood, part of paneling 1617, The mantelpiece of oak, decorated with ebony and other types of wood, supported on two consoles supported by sandstone gray-painted caryatids on a pedestal. The mantle frieze has an arched rack i...
EditorialBarometer, combined with thermometer in mahogany case, Baro and thermometer in mahogany case, decorated with marquetry of satin and olive wood and other types of wood. The cabinet has Corinthian half-columns with cannelures and copper capitals and base...
EditorialTable cabinet glued with rosewood and ebony, Table cabinet glued with rosewood and ebony on an oak core. The base has vase-shaped legs with smooth houses and a double Y-shaped cross. The table line with framed mirrors carries a quarter-round frieze wit...
EditorialAntonius Triest, bishop of Ghent, Silver Medal. Front: man's bust. Reverse: man with loincloth, halo and cross from whose loins blood drips into a chalice within a circle, Adriaan Waterloos, Brussels, 1622, silver (metal), founding, d 4.7 cm ? w 26.36 gr.
EditorialParade buckler (chimalli), mosaic of feathers on gold-thread, wicker base. Carrying device made of leather. In the center a blue coyote; from his mouth drips the glyph " Water, burning", the pictograph for war. Mexico, Aztec, early 16th. 70 c...
EditorialTerracotta pulled rim bowl, Late Minoan III, ca. 1400?1200 B.C., Minoan, Terracotta; Dark-on-light ware, Diam.: 6 1/2 in. (16.5 cm), Vases, The style of decoration on this bowl is known as dip and run. The rim has been dipped into paint and then turned...
EditorialFashionable people playing the parlour game of the candlestick base. "For a forfeit, one fool kisses a candlestick base which drips hot wax on a woman on a sofa. While another man holds a candlestick over a girl's head, thus transforming her into a can...
EditorialDer Liebeszauber (Love potion). A naked girl draws sparks from a flint and drips water on a wax heart to conjure up her lover who appears suddenly in the door. Fire in the chimney, flowers, a parrot and a dog are further symbols. Tempera on copper beec...
EditorialParade buckler (chimalli), mosaic of feathers on gold-thread, wicker base. Carrying device made of leather. In the center a blue coyote; from his mouth drips the glyph " Water, burning", the pictograph for war. Mexico, Aztec, early 16th. 70 c...