Georges Jacob – Small settee (Marquise) (part of a set) – French – The Metropolitan Museum of Art https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/236073
sconces (54.147.20a–d, .21a–d), clock (58.75.127), pair of vases (56.80.1a, b,
sconces (54.147.20a–d, .21a–d), clock (58.75.127), pair of vases (56.80.1a, b,
Two Ceramic Tiles (nos. 02.5.91 and 1971.235.2)Major renovations undertaken about 1578 in the private quarters (or harem) of Istanbul’s Topkapı Palace during the reign of Sultan Murad III (r
The tiles for the royal bedroom appear to have been produced in numbers more than
Collar China 18th century Not on view This unusual collar is thought to have
Line: Gift of the artist and Patti Cadby Birch, 2002 Object Number: 2002.401a, b
Their intended arrangement may have closely followed the biblical order of the events
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body as apparel; and a series of the impressive voluminous robes and tunics that have
historical paths by which the techniques and motifs employed in their creation have
historical paths by which the techniques and motifs employed in their creation have
Sixty-two of the paltes have star shaped rivets known as hoshi, giving the name of
This is one of a very few works that may be attributed to Berlinghiero based on analogies of style with a Crucifix in the Museo di Villa Guinigi, Lucca, that is signed „Berlingherius me pinxit.“ The painter—a key figure in the history of Tuscan painting—was from Volterra and is first documented in 1228 together with his two sons Barone and Bonaventura, both of whom, together with a third son, Marco, also became painters
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into a category of headrest commonly found south of the Zambezi River that do not have