EditorialDie, Engraved steel, Obverse, engraved design for a watch-back of a scrolled and floriated band. Reverse, design for a watch-back of engraved scrolls and filled petal-forms., USA, 18831918, metalwork, Decorative Arts, Die.
EditorialBand, Medium: wool, silk, cotton, linen, silver foil on silk core Technique: slit tapestry, Rectangular piece for a cap with a double row of close-set medium scale floriated crosses in green, yellow, blue, tan and black silks with alternating silver or...
EditorialTextile, Medium: silk Technique: satin lampas, Canary yellow ground showing a design in ivory of diapered scrolls forming ogives and enclosing floriated leaf palmettes., France, early 19th century, woven textiles, Textile.
EditorialFragment, Medium: silk Technique: compound twill (samite) Label: silk compound twill, Fragment of woven silk containing six pearl roundels, in sky blue and dark green on a red ground. The top two roundels enclose confronted elephants, the middle two ad...
EditorialNecklace and pendant, Silver, enamel, jasper, pearls, glass, Chain of cross-hatched oval beads with locks and keys as links; jasper pendant in form of a sphynx in profile, set in enameled silver and attached to silver chain beaded with six small pearls...
EditorialTextile, Medium: linen, silk Technique: satin stitch embroidery on plain weave, Rectangle of undyed linen cloth embroidered with widely-set diagonal repeat of floriated cross in red silk., 12th13th century, embroidery & stitching, Textile.
EditorialInkwell with the Name of Amir 'Abdullah ibn al-Hasan Pars, probably 11th century, Excavated in Iran, Nishapur, Bronze; cast, H. 1 3/4 in. (4.4 cm), Metal, Floriated kufic' is a style of writing in which the angular letters of the kufic script are melde...
EditorialFolios from a Qur'an Manuscript in Floriated 'New Style' Script, 11th century, Made in Iran or Central Asia, Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper, H. 12 7/8 in. (32.7 cm), Codices, This folio, copied in floriated 'new style' script, exhibits a str...
EditorialThree Bowls with Floriated Kufic Inscriptions, late 9th?early 10th century, Excavated in Iran, Nishapur, Earthenware; white slip with black slip decoration under transparent glaze, H. 1 7/8 in. (4.8 cm), Ceramics.
EditorialTurquoise Dish with Carved Arabic Inscription in Floriated Kufic Reading 'al-'izz' ('Glory'), 11th century, Attributed to Iran, Stonepaste; carved and glazed, H. 2 1/8 (5.4 cm), Ceramics.
EditorialEwer Inscribed with 'al-'izz' ('Glory') in Floriated Kufic on its Neck, first half 13th century, Attributed to Syria, Raqqa, Stonepaste; painted in luster and blue on opaque white glaze under transparent glaze, H. 7 5/16 in. (18.6 cm) , Ceramics.
EditorialInkwell with the Name of Amir 'Abdullah ibn al-Hasan Pars, probably 11th century, Excavated in Iran, Nishapur, Bronze; cast, H. 1 3/4 in. (4.4 cm), Metal, Floriated kufic' is a style of writing in which the angular letters of the kufic script are melde...
EditorialBowl, 10th century, Attributed to Iran or present-day Uzbekistan, Nishapur or Samarqand, Earthenware; white slip with incised black slip decoration under transparent glaze, Ceramics, The floriated kufic script used to decorate this bowl is especially w...