EditorialBand, Medium: cotton, wool Technique: dove-tailed tapestry (for all verticals) 1:1 general, 2:1, 2:2 some; slit tapestry (for all diagonals) generally with 2 shots non-horizontal weft between color areas; double-faced; sides both intact, end are cut, B...
EditorialFragment, Medium: silk, metal thread Technique: damass? foundation (8 harness satin plus plain weave). Satin patterned by floats of discontinuous supplementary wefts, Fragment of a pattern of two alternating verticals: architectural motifs, ornamental ...
EditorialBronze helmet of Illyrian type, Classical, early 5th century B.C., Greek, Bronze, H. 8 11/16 in. (22 cm), Bronzes, In the Illyrian helmet, the opening for the face is rectilinear, with a horizontal line at the forehead and two verticals at the inner ed...
EditorialBronze helmet of Illyrian type, Classical, early 5th century B.C., Greek, Bronze, H. 8 11/16 in. (22 cm), Bronzes, In the Illyrian helmet, the opening for the face is rectilinear, with a horizontal line at the forehead and two verticals at the inner ed...
EditorialComposition in Oval with Color Planes 1, 1914. Oil on canvas, 107.6 x 78.8 cm. Made two years after Mondrian moved from Holland to Paris, the geometry of this composition is directly based on sketches of partially demolished buildings, with exposed...
EditorialFolio from a Qur'an Manuscript, probably early 15th century, Attributed to India, Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper, 8 3/4 x 9 5/16 in. (22.2 x 23.7 cm), Codices, Sura 8 (al-'Anfal): end of 74 through 75; Sura 9(al-Tawba): 1 to the beginning of...
EditorialFolio from a Qur'an Manuscript, late 14th century, Attributed to India, Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper, 8 3/4 x 9 5/16 in. (22.2 x 23.7 cm), Codices, A unique cursive script was used for Indian Qur'ans between the late fourteenth and mid-six...
EditorialFolio from a Qur'an Manuscript, probably 15th century, Attributed to India, Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper, 20 9/16 x 12 3/8in. (52.2 x 31.4cm), Codices, A unique cursive script was used for Indian Qur'ans between the late fourteenth and mid...
EditorialBronze helmet of Illyrian type, Classical, early 5th century B.C., Greek, Bronze, H. 8 11/16 in. (22 cm), Bronzes, In the Illyrian helmet, the opening for the face is rectilinear, with a horizontal line at the forehead and two verticals at the inner ed...