EditorialDistortion of the deviant and inclined sun-clocks, Guide to the construction of sundials, Tab. XXXV, p. 42, Tobias Mayer: Mathematischer Atlas, in welchem auf 60 Tabellen alle Theile der Mathematic vorgestellet und nicht allein ?berhaupt zu bequemer Wi...
EditorialCollar of Linen and Needle Lace Lying collar of linen trimmed with reticella needle lace, Lying smooth collar sewn on board made of linen with natural colored needle lace: reticella and punto in aria. The shape of the collar is rectangular, the long si...
EditorialHandkerchief with a border of needle lace with twelve ovals, Handkerchief with a border of natural colored needle lace, Brussels gauze lace. Around a diamond-shaped, batiste centerpiece is a broad edge with deep scallops, filled with a rose with double...
EditorialHandkerchief with a border of needle lace with corner banderolles, Handkerchief with a border of natural colored needle lace, Brussels gauze lace. Around a large twelve-lobed, batiste centerpiece is a lace border of four elongated middle shells and dee...
EditorialWater clocks or clepsydrae, 18th century. Copperplate engraving from Abraham Rees' Cyclopedia or Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and Literature, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, London, 1820.