title: Long Shawl

creator: Possibly England

medium: Silk, gauze weave; block printed; attached knotted fringe

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
England
Weaving - printed
Silk (fiber)

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. L. H. Lees


title: Long Shawl

creator: France or Scotland

medium: Wool and cotton, warp threads dyed in multiple colors prior to weaving; center of weft-float faced 1:2 'Z' twill weave; patterned areas of warp-float faced 2:1 'Z' twill weave with supplementary patterning wefts bound in weft-float faced 1:2 'Z' twill interlacings; main warp fringe; woven on loom with Jacquard attachment

country: France

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
France
Fashion
Wool (textile)
Weaving

source: Art Institute of Chicago

source_id: aic

rights: Public Domain / CC0

rights_statement: Public Domain — CC0 via the Art Institute of Chicago Open Access programme.

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Chauncey McCormick through the Antiquarian Society


title: Long Shawl

medium: Wool and silk, warp threads dyed in multiple colors prior to weaving; center of weft-float faced 1:3 'Z' twill weave; patterned areas of weft-float faced 1:3 twill weave with supplementary patterning wefts bound in weft-float faced 1:3 'Z' twill interlacings over warp-float faced twill weave; "Harlequin" tabs of wool, silk, and cotton, warp-float faced 3:1 'Z' twill weave with supplementary patterning wefts bound in weft-float faced 1:3 'Z' twill interlacings; knotted warp fringet; woven on loom with Jacquard attachment

country: Scotland

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Scotland
Wool (textile)
Weaving

credit_line: Gift of Virginia Pond


title: Long Shawl

creator: Europe

medium: Cotton and wool, weft-float faced 1:3 'Z' twill weave with patterning wefts bound in weft-float faced 1:3 'Z' twill interlacings; attached ends of warp-float faced 2:2 'S' twill weave; warp fringe; woven on loom with Jacquard attachment

country: Europe

subjects: Weaving on loom with jacquard attachment

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Joseph L. Valentine


title: Long Shawl

medium: Wool, silk and cotton, warp threads dyed in multiple colors prior to weaving; center of weft-float faced 1:3 'S' twill weave; patterned areas of warp-float faced 3:1 'S' twill weave with patterning wefts bound in weft-float faced 1:3 'S' twill interlacings; "Harlequin" tabs of twill weave; knotted warp fringe; woven on loom with Jacquard attachment

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Europe
Wool (textile)
Weaving

credit_line: Gift of Georganna Thomas Ives


title: Square Shawl

creator: France

medium: Silk and wool, warp threads dyed in multiple colors prior to weaving; center of weft-float faced 1:2 'Z' twill weave; patterned areas of two layers of complementary weft plain weave; main warp fringe; woven on loom with Jacquard attachment

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
France
Weaving
Silk (fiber)

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Charles C. Haffner through the Needlework and Textile Guild


title: Cope with attached Hood

medium: Brocaded fancy compound satin

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
France
Weaving
Costume
Liturgical

credit_line: Mr. and Mrs. Martin A. Ryerson Collection


title: Long Shawl

medium: Silk, plain gauze weave; block printed; weft fringe

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Europe
Weaving - printed
Silk (fiber)

credit_line: Gift of Margaret Walbank in memory of her mother, Mrs. Robert T. Walbank


title: Square Shawl

creator: England

medium: Wool, twill weave; block printed; attached rayon knotted fringe

country: England

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
England
Wool (textile)
Weaving - printed

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. George Carpenter in memory of Lucy Keep Isham


title: Capital

date: late 12th century

medium: Stone

country: French

source: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

source_id: met

rights_statement: Public Domain — released under Creative Commons Zero (CC0) via The Met Open Access.

credit_line: The Cloisters Collection, 1925


title: Axe

medium: Black jadeite

country: Mexico

subjects: Jade Mexico

credit_line: Gift of Heber R. Bishop, 1902


title: Broadsheet with Saint Camilo de Lelis in bed surrounded by demons, priests and the Holy Trinity above

creator: Anonymous

medium: Photorelief and letterpress

credit_line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1946


title: Jasper Amygdaloid

medium: Jasper

country: Minoan

subjects:
Gems
Minoan
Minerals & gems

credit_line: Bequest of Richard B. Seager, 1926


title: Worker Shabti of Nauny

medium: Faience

credit_line: Rogers Fund, 1930


title: Netsuke of Old Man with a Basket Containing Four Miniature Ivory Masks

date: late 19th century

medium: Ivory

country: Japan

subjects: Netsuke Japan

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Russell Sage, 1910


title: Section of a Qur'an Manuscript

creator: `Umar Aqta'

date: late 14th–early 15th century

medium: Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper

credit_line: Anonymous Gift, 1972


title: Terracotta rim fragments of kylikes (drinking cups)

date: 6th/5th centuries BCE

medium: Terracotta

country: Greek, Attic

subjects:
Vase
Greek, attic

credit_line: Gift of Dietrich von Bothmer, Distinguished Research Curator, Greek and Roman Art, 2011


title: Transformational figure

date: ca. 200 BCE–100 CE

medium: Walrus ivory

country: Okvik, Native American

credit_line: The Charles and Valerie Diker Collection of Native American Art, Gift of Charles and Valerie Diker, 2021


title: Fragment

date: 18th century (?)

medium: Needle lace

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textiles-lace

credit_line: Rogers Fund, 1909


title: Terracotta fragment of a calyx-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)


title: A Woman and Child

creator: Andrea Schiavone (Andrea Meldola)

medium: Etching

credit_line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1927


title: Stockings

date: late 18th–early 19th century

medium: [no medium available]

country: European

credit_line: Gift of Mr. Lee Simonson, 1944


title: Sweetmeat box

date: probably ca. 1680–1700

medium: Steel, with a panel of gilt steel overlaid with pierced and engraved steel

credit_line: The Collection of Giovanni P. Morosini, presented by his daughter Giulia, 1932


title: Shawl

medium: wool

credit_line: Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Gift of Mrs. Frederick H. Prince, Jr., 1967


title: Piece

date: 18th century

medium: Silk / Compound weave

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Japan
Textiles-woven

credit_line: Gift of Kihei Hattori, in memory of his father, Kihei Hattori, 1920


title: Standing Beauty

creator: Hishikawa Moronobu

medium: Matted painting; ink and color on paper

subjects: Painting Japan

credit_line: H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, 1929


title: Vessel fragments

medium: Silver

credit_line: Rogers Fund, 1907


title: Landscape

creator: Hu Yuan

medium: Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper

country: China

subjects: Painting China Landscapes

credit_line: Gift of Robert Hatfield Ellsworth, in memory of La Ferne Hatfield Ellsworth, 1986


title: The Angel with the Key to Bottomless Pit

creator: Albrecht Dürer

medium: Woodcut

credit_line: Bequest of Grace M. Pugh, 1985


title: Caricatured Brazilian, 1000 Reis, from the series Coins of All Nations (N72, variation 1) for Duke brand cigarettes

creator: W. Duke, Sons & Co.

medium: Commercial color lithograph

credit_line: The Jefferson R. Burdick Collection, Gift of Jefferson R. Burdick


title: Two Costume Designs or Portrait Types and a Sketch

creator: Anonymous, French, 18th century

medium: Pen and black ink, graphite, gouache

subjects:
Ornament & design
Costume & fashion
Architecture
Ornament & architecture
Portraits

credit_line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1957


title: (From Sketchbook)

creator: Thomas Sully

medium: Ink, wash, on paper

country: American

credit_line: Rogers Fund, 1953


title: Terracotta oil lamp

date: 2nd half of 1st century CE

country: Roman

subjects: Terracotta Roman

credit_line: The Cesnola Collection, Purchased by subscription, 1874–76


title: Sheet 6 of figures for Chinese shadow puppets

creator: Juan Llorens

medium: Woodcut (?wood engraving matrix)

credit_line: Max G. Wildnauer Fund, 1978


title: Desk and bookcase

creator: Nathaniel Gould

medium: Mahogany, white pine; brass

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Russell Sage, 1909


title: The Wedding Feast of Cupid and Psyche

creator: Pierre Reymond

medium: Painted enamel on copper, partly gilt

credit_line: Purchase, Rogers Fund; Gifts of Irwin Untermyer, George Blumenthal, and Ogden Mills, by exchange; Bequest of Fannie F. Einstein, in memory of Emanuel Einstein, by exchange; and Edward Ablat, the Shubert Foundation, Inc., and Irving M. Gruber Gifts, 1984


title: Gold diadem

date: 4th century BCE

medium: Gold

country: Cypriot

subjects:
Gold and silver
Cypriot


title: Pitcher

medium: Parian porcelain

credit_line: Gift of Dr. Charles W. Green, 1947


title: Glass striped mosaic bowl fragment

date: late 1st century BCE–early 1st century CE

medium: Glass

subjects: Glass Roman

credit_line: Edward C. Moore Collection, Bequest of Edward C. Moore, 1891


title: Pastoral Scene

creator: Charles Jacque

medium: Etching

credit_line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1927


title: Terracotta rim fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)

date: first half of the 5th century BCE

medium: Terracotta

credit_line: Gift of Dietrich von Bothmer, Distinguished Research Curator, Greek and Roman Art, 2011


title: Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)


title: Boar Spear

date: 16th century

medium: Steel, wood, iron, leather

country: German

subjects:
Shafted weapon
German

credit_line: Gift of William H. Riggs, 1913


title: Rose Coghlan, from the Actresses and Celebrities series (N60, Type 2) promoting Little Beauties Cigarettes for Allen & Ginter brand tobacco products

creator: Allen & Ginter

medium: Albumen photograph

subjects: Photograph Roses


creator: Onesimos


title: Bottle, Face

date: 7th–4th century BCE

medium: Ceramic, post-fired paint

country: Paracas

subjects: Paraca Ceramics-container

credit_line: Gift of Nathan Cummings, 1963


title: Square Shawl (Turnover)

creator: Possibly Paisley, Scotland

medium: Wool, center of 2:2 'Z' twill weave; embroidered with wool and silk in fly, satin, and stem stitches; attached border of wool and cotton, two layers of complementary warp and five-color complementary weft twill weaves self-patterned by main warp floats; woven on loom with Jacquard attachment; "Harlequin" tabs of wool, pieced 2:2 'Z' twill weaves; embroidered with wool and silk in back, satin, and stem stitches; couching; main warp fringe

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Scotland
Wool (textile)
Needlework (visual works)

credit_line: Gift of Georganna Thomas Ives


title: Burnoose, Narrow Shawl, or Scarf

creator: France

medium: Silk and wool, warp threads dyed in multiple colors prior to weaving; center of weft-float faced 1:3 'Z' twill weave; patterned areas of weft-float faced 3:1 twill weave with supplementary patterning wefts bound in weft-float faced 1:3 'Z' twill interlacings over warp-float faced twill weave; main warp fringe; woven on loom with Jacquard attachment

country: France

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
France
Fashion
Weaving
Silk (fiber)

credit_line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin K. Smith


title: Square Shawl (Turnover)

creator: Russia

medium: Wool, strips of 2:2 'S' twill weave; borders of dovetailed tapestry weave, reversible; attached plain weave extended ground weft fringe

country: Russia

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Russia
Wool (textile)
Weaving
Costume accessory
Accessorie (object genre)

credit_line: Gift of Emily Crane Chadbourne


title: Shawl

creator: England

medium: Silk and cotton, compound weave; knotted silk fringe; floral and lace pattern

subjects:
Ornament & design
Costume & fashion
Textile
England
Flowers
Fashion
Weaving
Silk (fiber)
Costume

credit_line: Gift of Robert Allerton


title: Square Shawl (Turnover)

medium: Wool, strips of 2:2 'S' twill weave; borders of dovetailed tapestry weave, reversible; attached "Harlequin" tabs of pieced 2:2 'S' twill weaves; warp fringe

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Russia
Wool (textile)
Weaving


title: Shawl

medium: Silk, compound weave; knotted silk fringe

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
France
Fashion
Weaving
Silk (fiber)
Costume


title: Long Shawl

creator: Europe

date: 19th century

medium: Cotton, weft-float faced 1:2 'Z' twill weave of complementary wefts; main warp fringe; woven on loom with Jacquard attachment

country: Europe

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Europe
Weaving

credit_line: Gift of Tiffany Blake


title: Shawl

creator: Possibly England, Norwich

medium: Wool and silk, twill weave, brocaded; fringed

country: England

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
England
Wool (textile)
Weaving
Costume
Dress (garment)
Clothing

credit_line: Gift of an anonymous donor through the Antiquarian Society


title: Shawl

medium: Silk, compound weave

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
England
Fashion
Weaving
Costume
Dress (garment)
Silk (fiber)
Clothing

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Moses B. Wentworth through the Antiquarian Society


title: Shawl

creator: India

medium: Cashmere wool, twill tapestry

country: India

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
India
Costume
Dress (garment)
Clothing

credit_line: Gift of Martin A. Ryerson


title: Square Shawl

creator: Possibly Vienna, Austria

medium: Cotton and wool, center of weft-float faced 1:3 'Z' twill weave; patterned areas of weft-float faced 3:1 twill weave with supplementary patterning wefts bound in weft-float faced 1:3 'Z' twill interlacings over warp-float faced twill weave; main warp fringe; woven on loom with Jacquard attachment

country: Vienna

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Vienna
Weaving
Costume accessory

credit_line: Gift of Anton Kraupa


title: Long Shawl

creator: France or Paisley, Scotland

medium: Wool and silk, weft-float faced 1:3 'Z' twill weave with supplementary patterning wefts bound in weft-float faced 1:3 'Z' twill interlacings; main warp fringe; woven on loom with Jacquard attachment

subjects: Weaving on loom with jacquard attachment

credit_line: Gift of Stanley G. Boberg


title: Shawl

creator: Scotland, Paisley

medium: Wool, plain weave

country: Paisley

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Paisley
Wool (textile)
Weaving
Costume

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Carl Congdon


title: Shawl

medium: textile

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Paisley
Weaving
Costume
Costume accessory
Dress (garment)
Clothing

credit_line: Mr. and Mrs. Martin A. Ryerson Collection


title: Shawl

creator: Produced by Clabburn, Sons and Crisp

medium: Silk, twill weave

country: Norwich

subjects:
Weaving
Norwich
Silk (textile)
Twill weaving
Costume

credit_line: Purchased with funds provided by the Textile Society


title: Shawl

creator: Probably designed by Anthony Berrus (French, 1815–1883)

medium: Silk and wool, twill weave with supplementary patterning wefts bound in twill interlacings; main warp fringe; woven on a loom with a Jacquard attachment

credit_line: Elizabeth M. Schultz Endowment; Barbara Howard Estate


title: Kesa

creator: Japan

medium: Hiri, yô, and jô: silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper strip, twill weave with interlacings of secondary binding warps and supplementary patterning wefts; shiten and niten: silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper strip, twill weave with interlacings of secondary binding warps and supplementary patterning wefts; lining: silk, plain weave

country: Japan

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Japan
Late edo
Paper (fiber product)
Weaving
Liturgical - buddhist
Silk (fiber)

credit_line: Gift of Ralph E. Hays in memory of Mary Van Artsdalen Hays


title: Long Shawl

creator: Probably Edinburgh or Paisley, Scotland or Norwich, England

medium: Center of silk and cotton, warp-float faced 3:1 'S' twill weave; patterned areas of cotton, weft-float faced 1:3 'S' twill weave with supplementary patterning wefts bound in weft-float faced 1:3 'S' twill interlacings; main warp fringe; attached side borders of cotton and wool, weft-float faced 2:2 'Z' twill weave with supplementary patterning wefts bound in weft-float faced 1:3 'Z' twill interlacings; added fringe; woven on loom with Jacquard attachment

country: Scotland

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Scotland
Fashion
Weaving
Silk (fiber)

credit_line: Gift of Jennie Hodge Schmidt


title: Shawl

date: Late 19th century

medium: Silk and wool, twill weave

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Norwich
Silk (textile)
Twill weaving
Wool (textile)
Weaving
Costume


title: Cope with Hood

creator: Italy

date: 19th century (adaptation of a 17th century textile design)

medium: Silk, wild silk and gilt-metal-strip, plain weave with plain interlacing of secondary binding warps and supplementary patterning wefts; edged with silk and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped linen, plain weave with supplementary patterning wefts forming weft loop fringe; lined with silk, plain weave

country: Italy

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Italy
Urns
Foliage
Flower
Silk (textile)
Plain weaving
Weaving
Liturgical
Costume
Gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk
Wild silk

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. William J. Robertson


title: Shawl

creator: England, Norwich

subjects:
Weaving
England
Silk (fiber)
Costume

credit_line: Gift of Judy Wentworth


title: Shawl

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Norwich
Twill weaving
Silk (textile)
Weaving
Costume

credit_line: Purchased with funds provided by Barbara E. and Richard J. Franke Fund


title: Kesa

medium: Hiri, yô, jô: silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip, warp-float faced 7:1 satin weave with 1:3 ‘S’ twill  interlacings of secondary binding warps and supplementary brocading wefts; shiten and nitens: silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip, warp-float faced 4:1 satin weave with weft-float faced 1:2 ‘Z’ twill interlacings of secondary binding warps and supplementary patterning wefts; lining: silk, plain weave; paper, interlining


title: Kesa

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Japan
Meiji
Costume
Liturgical - buddhist
Weaving

credit_line: Bequest of Henry C. Schwab


title: Kesa

date: Meiji period (1868–1912), late 19th century


title: Kesa

date: late Edo period (1789–1868), early 19th century

medium: Silk and silver-leaf-over-lacquered-paper strips, warp-float faced 2:1 'Z' twill weave with weft-float faced 1:2 'S' twill interlacings of secondary binding warps and supplementary patterning wefts; lined with silk, plain weave

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Japan
Late edo
Paper (fiber product)
Liturgical - buddhist
Costume
Weaving
Edo (japanese period)
Silk (fiber)

credit_line: Gift of Gaylord Donnelley in memory of Frances Gaylord Smith


title: Kesa

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Japan
Edo (japanese period)
Costume
Liturgical - buddhist
Weaving


title: Kesa

medium: Silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper strip, warp-float faced 4:1 satin weave with supplementary patterning and brocading wefts; patches: silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper strip, warp-float faced 4:1 satin weave with weft-float faced 1:2 'z' interlacings of secondary binding warps and supplementary patterning wefts; lined with silk, 7:1 satin damask weave

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Japan
Meiji
Paper (fiber product)
Liturgical - buddhist
Weaving
Late edo
Edo (japanese period)
Silk (fiber)


title: Kesa

date: late Edo period (1789–1868), late 18th/early 19th century


title: Kesa

date: late Edo period (1789–1868)/Meiji period (1868–1912), mid–19th century

medium: Silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper strips and golf-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped silk, warp-float faced 4:1 satin weave with supplementary brocading wefts bound in 1:4 weft-float faced 'Z' twill interlacings; lined with silk, plain weave

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Japan
Edo (japanese period)
Paper (fiber product)
Liturgical - buddhist
Weaving
Costume
Late edo
Meiji
Silk (fiber)


title: Kesa

date: late Edo period (1789–1868), mid–19th century

medium: Silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper strip, warp-float faced 3:1 'Z' twill weave with weft-float faced 1:3 'Z' twill interlacings of secondary binding warps and supplementary patterning wefts; lined with silk, plain weave


title: Kesa

medium: Silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper strips, warp-float faced 4:1 satin weave, supplementary patterning wefts bound in weft-float faced 1:4 'Z' twill interlacings; patches: silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper strips, warp-float faced 2:1 'Z' twill weave with weft-float faced 1:2 'Z' twill interlacings of secondary binding warps and supplementary patterning wefts; lined with silk, plain weave

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Japan
Edo (japanese period)
Paper (fiber product)
Liturgical - buddhist
Costume - weaving
Costume
Weaving
Late edo
Silk (fiber)


title: Kesa

medium: Silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper strips, warp-float faced 2:1 'Z' twill weave with supplementary brocading wefts bound in twill interlacings; patches: silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper strips, warp-float faced 2:1 'Z' twill weave with 1:2 'Z' twill interlacings of secondary binding warps and supplementary patterning wefts; cords: silk and cotton, silk wrapped cloth; lined with silk

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Japan
Edo (japanese period)
Paper (fiber product)
Weaving
Liturgical - buddhist
Costume
Silk (fiber)


title: Kesa

medium: Silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper strip warp-float faced 4:1 satin weave with weft-float faced 1:2 'Z' twill interlacings of secondary binding warps and supplementary patterning wefts; lined with silk, plain weave

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Japan
Edo (japanese period)
Paper (fiber product)
Weaving
Costume
Liturgical - buddhist
Silk (fiber)

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. George Voevodsky in memory of Mrs. Edmund A. Russell


title: Kesa

medium: Silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper strip, warp-float faced 2:1 'Z' twill weave with weft-float faced 1:2 'S' twill interlacings of secondary binding warps and supplementary patterning wefts; lining: 5:1 twill damask weave

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Japan
Meiji
Paper (fiber product)
Liturgical - buddhist
Costume
Weaving
Silk (fiber)


title: Kesa

medium: Silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper strip, warp-float faced 2:1 'Z' twill weave with supplementary brocading wefts bound in weft-float faced 1:2 'S' twill interlacings; patches: silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper strip, warp-float faced 2:1 'Z' twill weave with supplementary patterning wefts bound in weft-float faced 1:2 'S' twill interlacings; lined with silk, 5:1 twill damask weave


title: Kesa

medium: Silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper strip, warp-float faced 2:1 'Z' twill weave with weft-float faced 1:2 'S' interlacings of secondary binding warp and supplementary patterning wefts; lined with silk, plain weave


title: Kesa

medium: Silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper strips, warp-float faced 4:1 satin weave with supplementary patterning wefts bound in weft-float faced 1:2 'Z' twill interlacings; patches: silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper strips, warp-float faced 2:1 'Z' twill weave with weft-float faced 1:2 'Z' twill interlacings of secondary binding warps and supplementary patterning wefts; lined with silk, 4:1 satin damask weave


title: Kesa

medium: textile

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Japan
Edo (japanese period)
Costume
Weaving
Liturgical - buddhist


title: Kesa

date: Second half of the 18th century, Late Edo period (1789–1868)

medium: Silk; plain weave, embroidered with silk and gilt-paper-strip-wrapped silk

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Japan
Edo (japanese period)
Paper (fiber product)
Needlework (visual works)
Weaving
Liturgical - buddhist
Silk (fiber)


title: Kesa

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Japan
Meiji
Weaving
Costume
Liturgical - buddhist

credit_line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Spector


title: Kesa

medium: Silk, warp-float faced 4:1 satin weave with weft-float faced 1:3 'S' twill interlacings of secondary binding warps and supplementary patterning wefts; lined with silk, plain weave

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Japan
Late edo
Liturgical - buddhist
Weaving
Edo (japanese period)
Silk (fiber)


title: Kesa

date: Edo period (1615–1868), late 18th century

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Japan
Edo (japanese period)
Weaving
Costume
Liturgical - buddhist

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Robert D. Graff


title: Kesa

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. James M. Hopkins


title: Kesa

date: 18th century, Edo period (1603–1868)

medium: Silk and gilt-paper strip; satin weave with secondary binding warps and supplementary patterning wefts

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Japan
Edo (japanese period)
Paper (fiber product)
Liturgical - buddhist
Weaving
Silk (fiber)


title: Kesa


title: Kesa

date: 18th century, Edo period (1615–1868)

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. E. M. Anderson


title: Kesa

medium: Silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper strips, warp-float faced 2:1 'Z' twill weave with 1:2 twill interlacings of secondary binding warps and supplementary patterning wefts; patches: silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper strips, warp-float faced 2:1 'Z' twill weave with 1:2 twill interlacings of secondary binding warps and supplementary patterning wefts; lined with cotton

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Japan
Meiji
Paper (fiber product)
Weaving
Liturgical - buddhist
Costume
Silk (fiber)


title: Kesa

medium: Silk, gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper strips, warp-float faced 2:1 'Z' twill weave with weft-float faced 1:2 'Z' twill interlacings of secondary binding warps and supplementary patterning wefts; cords: plied silk; lining: 5:1 twill damask weave

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Japan
Meiji
Paper (fiber product)
Weaving
Liturgical - buddhist
Silk (fiber)


title: Kesa


title: Kesa

date: Late 19th century, Meiji period (1868–1912)

medium: Silk and gilt-paper strip; twill weave with secondary binding warps and supplementary patterning wefts with couched plied silk; silk cords

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Japan
Edo (japanese period)
Paper (fiber product)
Costume
Weaving
Liturgical - buddhist
Silk (fiber)


title: Kesa

date: Edo period (1615–1868), Late 18th century

medium: Silk, gilt-paper-strip-wrapped silk, and peacock-feather-wrapped silk; tapestry weave

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Japan
Japanism
Paper (fiber product)
Weaving
Asian
Costume
Liturgical - buddhist
Late edo
Edo (japanese period)
Silk (fiber)


title: Kesa

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Japan
Edo (japanese period)
Costume
Liturgical - buddhist
Weaving


title: Kesa


title: Kesa

medium: Silk, warp ikat, warp-float faced 2:1 'Z' twill weave with supplementary brocading wefts; patches: silk, gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper strip, warp-float faced 2:1 'Z' twill weave with weft-float faced 1:2 'Z' twill interlacings of secondary binding warp and supplementary patterning wefts; lined in 4:1 satin damask weave


title: Kesa

credit_line: Gift of Helen C. Gunsaulus


title: Kesa

medium: Heri, jô, yô: silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip, warp-float faced 2:1 ‘Z’ twill weave with weft-float faced 1:2 ‘Z’ twill interlacings of secondary binding warps and supplementary patterning wefts; shiten, niten: silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip, warp-float faced 2:1 ‘S’ twill weave with supplementary patterning wefts, some bound in weft-float faced 1:2, and 1:5 ‘S’ twill interlacings; lining: silk, plain weave self-patterned by rows of 1:1 plain gauze crossings

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Japan
Late edo
Paper (fiber product)
Liturgical - buddhist
Weaving
Meiji
Silk (fiber)


title: Kesa

medium: Silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper strip, warp-float faced 2:1 ‘Z’ twill weave with weft-float faced 1:2 ‘Z' twill interlacings of secondary binding warps and supplementary patterning wefts;  lined with silk, plain weave

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Japan
Late edo
Paper (fiber product)
Liturgical - buddhist
Weaving
Silk (fiber)


title: Kesa

date: late Edo period (1789–1868)/ Meiji period (1868–1912), late 18th/ early 19th century

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Japan
Meiji
Weaving
Liturgical - buddhist

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. E. P. Atwater


title: Kesa

medium: Heri, yô, jô: silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip, warp-float face 2:1 ‘Z’ twill weave with weft-float faced 1:2 ‘S’ twill interlacings of secondary binding warps and supplementary patterning wefts; lined with silk, plain weave; shiten and niten: silk, cotton and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip, warp-float faced 2:1 ‘Z’ twill weave with supplementary brocading weft floats  and patterning wefts bound in weft-float faced 1:2 ‘S’ twill interlacings; lining: silk, plain weave

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Japan
Meiji
Paper (fiber product)
Liturgical - buddhist
Weaving
Silk (fiber)


title: Kesa

medium: Pieced and appliqued: silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper strip, warp-float faced 2:1 'Z' twill weave with weft-float faced 1:2 'S' twill interlacings of secondary binding warps and supplementary patterning wefts; lined with silk, plain weave; hand straps of silk, plain weave; cords: silk, plied, knotted, cut fringe, cotton 2:2 oblique twill interlacing

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Japan
Taisho
Paper (fiber product)
Weaving
Showa
Meiji
Liturgical - buddhist
Silk (fiber)


title: Kesa

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Japan
Meiji
Costume
Liturgical - buddhist
Weaving


title: Kesa

medium: Silk

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Japan
Meiji
Liturgical - buddhist
Weaving
Silk (fiber)


title: Kesa

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Japan
Edo (japanese period)
Costume
Japanism
Liturgical - buddhist
Weaving


title: Kesa


title: Kesa

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Japan
Meiji
Weaving
Costume
Liturgical - buddhist


title: Kesa


title: Kesa

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Japan
Edo (japanese period)
Japanism
Costume
Liturgical - buddhist
Weaving


title: Kesa

date: Edo period (1615–1868), late 18th/early 19th century

medium: weaving

subjects:
Weaving
Japan
Edo (japanese period)
Silk
Asian art
Costume
Liturgical - buddhist
Textile

credit_line: Gift of Martin A. Ryerson


title: Kesa

date: late Edo period (1789–1868), mid–/late 19th century

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Japan
Edo (japanese period)
Weaving
Costume
Liturgical - buddhist
Late edo

credit_line: Gift of J. S. Gillen


title: Kesa


title: Kesa

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Japan
Meiji
Costume
Liturgical - buddhist
Weaving
Silk (fiber)


title: Kesa


title: Kesa

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Japan
Edo (japanese period)
Costume
Japanism
Weaving
Liturgical - buddhist


title: Bedcover

creator: Manufactured by Bannister Hall Print Works

medium: Cotton, plain weave; block printed; glazed

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
England
Weaving - printed

credit_line: Near Eastern Textile Fund


title: Bedcover

medium: Two layers of linen, plain weave; embroidered with silk and wool in back, satin, and stem stitches; laid work, couching, and French knots; three panels joined

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
England
Linen (material)
Plain weaving
Wool (textile)
Silk (textile)
Embroidering
Stitching
Laid work
Couching (embroidering)
Knotting
Needlework - quilt

credit_line: Gift of Dr. Henry Ginsburg in honor of Cora Ginsburg


title: Rug

creator: United States

date: 19th century

medium: Variety of fibers, plain weave with variety of fibers, yarns, felted, knitted, oblique interlaced and/or woven strips, forming "hooked" pile

country: United States

subjects:
Needlework - rug
United state
Rose
Botanical/floral
Scroll (motifs)
Foliage
Wreath
Flower
Textile
Rug
Weaving - carpet

credit_line: Bequest of William McCormick Blair


title: Dalmatic

creator: England, possibly Nottingham

date: Mid–19th century

medium: Wool, plain weave; glazed and calenderized; with wool supplementary patterning wefts; applied woven tape; edged with woven tape with looped weft fringe; applied rosettes; lined with cotton, plain weave

country: Nottingham

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Nottingham
Plain weaving
Wool (textile)
Weaving
Lining (process)
Fringed
Appliqué (technique)
Cotton (textile)
Liturgical

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. G. Kay Robertson


title: Shallow Dish

creator: England, Bristol

medium: Glass

country: Bristol

subjects:
Dish (vessel)
Bristol
Ships & the sea
Glass
European decorative arts

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. C. H. Schweppe through The Antiquarian Society


title: Dish

creator: Bohemia, Czech Republic

date: Early 18th century

country: Bohemia

subjects:
Dish (vessel)
Bohemia
Ships & the sea
Glass
European decorative arts

credit_line: Gift of Julius and Augusta Rosenwald


title: Dish


title: Spandrel Panel from the Saint Nicholas Hotel, St. Louis, Missouri

creator: Adler & Sullivan

medium: Terra-cotta

country: Saint Louis

subjects:
Architecture
Architectural fragment
Saint loui

credit_line: By exchange from Southern Illinois University


title: Elevator Frieze Panel from the Chicago Stock Exchange Building

creator: Adler and Sullivan (American, 1883–1896)

medium: Copper-plated cast iron in metal frame

country: Chicago

subjects:
Architecture
Architectural fragment
Chicago
Copper
Nonferrous metal
Metal

credit_line: Gift of the James W. and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection


title: Salt

subjects:
Saltcellar
Bristol
Glass
European decorative arts


title: Ladle

subjects:
Glass
Bristol
European decorative arts


title: Bottle

creator: Central Europe or Germany

medium: Glass; free blown, tooled and enameled with metal mount

country: Central Europe

subjects:
Glass
Central europe
European decorative arts

credit_line: Gift of Robert Allerton


title: Beaker

subjects:
Drinking vessel
Bohemia
Ships & the sea
Glass
European decorative arts


title: Beaker

subjects:
Glass
Bohemia
European decorative arts


title: Panel

creator: Portugal

date: 17th century

medium: Silk, satin weave, embroidered in silk and metal thread, studded with stones and pearls

country: Portugal

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Portugal
Needlework (visual works)
Silk (fiber)

credit_line: Textile Purchase Fund and Kate S. Buckingham Fund


title: Sash

creator: Republic of Türkiye

medium: Cotton, plain weave; embroidered with silk and metal-strip-wrapped silk

country: Turkey

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Turkey
Turkish
Needlework (visual works)
Weaving
Silk (fiber)
Costume
Ottoman

credit_line: Gift of Burton Y. Berry


title: Towel

medium: Cotton, plain weave; embroidered with silk, metal strip, and metal-strip-wrapped silk

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Turkey
Turkish
Weaving
Needlework (visual works)
Ottoman


title: Fragment from a cover or wall hanging

medium: Cotton, plain weave; embroidered with silk

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Turkey
Turkish
Weaving
Needlework (visual works)
Silk (fiber)
Ottoman


title: Condiment Set

creator: Rebecca Emes

medium: Silver

country: England

subjects:
Silver
England
Metalwork
European decorative arts
Women artist
Women artist before 1800

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Clive Runnels through the Antiquarian Society; Mrs. Clive Runnels Fund


title: Saumur Coach

creator: Nevers, France

medium: Glass; lampwork (verre de Nevers), metal armature

country: France

subjects:
Glass
France
Lampworking
Miniature
Decorative object/ornament
European decorative arts

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Potter Palmer through the Antiquarian Society


title: Plate with (Effaced) Arms of an Ecclesiastical Patron

creator: Italian, Castelli

medium: Tin-glazed earthenware with polychrome enamels and gilding

country: Castelli

subjects:
Earthenware
Castelli
Ceramic
European decorative arts
Decorative arts

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Alvin E. Bastien through the Antiquarian Society


title: Armchair (Bergère à la Reine)

creator: Jacques Chenevat (French, 1736-1772)

medium: Gessoed and gilded walnut, modern reproduction upholstery

subjects:
Seating
France
Furniture
Walnut
European decorative arts

credit_line: Henry C. Dangler Collection


title: Candelabra

creator: Wedgwood Manufactory

medium: Silver gilt, stoneware, glass

country: Burslem

subjects:
Candleholder - candelabra
Burslem
Silver gilt
Candleholder
Decorative arts

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. James A. Cook, Mrs. T. Clifford Rodman, and Joseph Nash Field


title: Portrait of Madame Anne-Jeanne Cassanéa de Mondonville, née Boucon (1708-1780)

creator: Maurice-Quentin de La Tour

medium: Pastel on blue-gray laid paper, laid down on canvas and wrapped around a strainer, enlarged by the artist with a band of paper about 3 cm high

subjects:
Pastel
France
Portraits
Paper (fiber product)
Pastel (crayons)
Crayon
Drawing (visual works)
Print and drawing

credit_line: Charles H. and Mary F. S. Worcester Collection


title: Back Pattern for Side Chair

creator: Unknown Artist

medium: Ink on paper

subjects:
Ornament & design
Ink
United state
Paper (fiber product)
Folk art
Print and drawing
Paper

credit_line: Purchased with funds provided by Jamee J. and Marshall Field, Charles F. Montgomery through exchange, the Charlotte Olson, Mr. and Mrs. John Trumbull, and Elizabeth R. Vaughan funds.


title: Letterpress print (as companion to Doorframe, 2008.554)

creator: Artist unknown

subjects:
Ink
United state
Paper (fiber product)
Decorative arts
Print and drawing

credit_line: Roger and J. Peter McCormick endowments


title: Strip from a Cope

creator: England

medium: Linen, plain weave; painted and stamped

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
England
Weaving - printed
Liturgical

credit_line: Grace R. Smith Textile Endowment


title: Study for the Origin of the Rose

creator: Carlo Maratti

medium: Pen and brown ink with brush and brown wash, on tan laid paper, laid down on tan laid board

subjects:
Pen and ink drawing
Italy
Roses
Paper (fiber product)
Ink
Coating (material)
Wash
Drawing (visual works)
Print and drawing

credit_line: The Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection


title: Café-Concert (The Spectators)

creator: Edgar Degas

medium: Pastel over monotype on buff wove paper, laid down on tan card

subjects:
Print and drawing
France
Paper (fiber product)
Monotype
Pastel
Drawing (visual works)
Paper
Wove paper

credit_line: Bequest of Brooks McCormick


title: Beach at Low Tide (Mouth of the River)

medium: Pastel on light brown wove paper

subjects:
Pastel
France
Paper (fiber product)
Drawing (visual works)
Print and drawing
Paper
Wove paper

credit_line: Regenstein Acquisition Fund


title: Self-Portrait

creator: Berthe Morisot

medium: Pastel, with stumping, on gray laid paper with blue fibers

subjects:
Pastel
France
Portraits
Stumping
Paper (fiber product)
Pastel (crayons)
Crayon
Drawing technique
Drawing (visual works)
Print and drawing
Women artist

credit_line: Helen Regenstein Collection


title: Mirror

creator: Venice, Italy

date: Mid 18th century

medium: Gilded wood, engraved mirror glass

country: Venice

subjects:
Mirror
Venice
Furniture
Glass
European decorative arts

credit_line: Gift of Charles Deering McCormick, Brooks McCormick, and the Estate of Roger McCormick


title: Allegory of Spring

creator: Artist unknown (English, active 19th century)

medium: Marble

subjects:
Mythology
Relief
England
Season
Basket
Cherub
Column
Flower
Foliage
Grape
Nude
Tree
Vine
Woman
Women
Wreath
Marble
Sculpting
Nineteenth century
Metamorphic rock
Rock
Inorganic material
Sculpture
Sculpture/stone
British
Stone
Carving
Sculpture technique
Stonework


title: Allegory of Summer

subjects:
Mythology
Relief
England
Season
Basket
Child
Foliage
Grape
Leave
Summer
Vine
Woman
Marble
Sculpting
Nineteenth century
Metamorphic rock
Rock
Inorganic material
Stone
Sculpture
Sculpture/stone
Carving
Sculpture technique
Stonework


title: Breakfast after the Bath

medium: Pastel on paper, laid down on board

subjects:
Pastel
France
Women
Domestic scene
Everyday life (genre)
Water
Impressionism
Paper (fiber product)
Pastel (crayons)
Crayon
Drawing (visual works)
Print and drawing
Paper
Cardboard

credit_line: A Millennium Gift of Sara Lee Corporation


title: Portrait of Jean-Joseph Cassanéa de Mondonville

medium: Pastel on blue-gray laid paper, laid down on board


title: Seaside, Port of Honfleur

creator: Eugène Louis Boudin

medium: Pastel on blue wove paper

subjects:
France
Drawing (visual works)
Paper (fiber product)
Print and drawing

credit_line: Helmuth Bartsch Endowment


title: Covered Bowl for Preserves

creator: France

medium: Glass; mold blown

subjects:
Bowl
France
Glass
Dish (vessel)
European decorative arts

credit_line: Gift of Emily Crane Chadbourne


title: Wine Glass

creator: Netherlands

medium: Glass

country: Netherlands

subjects:
Drinking vessel
Netherland
Ships & the sea
Glass
European decorative arts

credit_line: Gift of Robert Allerton


title: Wine Glass

creator: Germany

country: Germany

subjects:
Drinking vessel
Germany
Ships & the sea
Glass
European decorative arts

credit_line: Gift of Julius and Augusta Rosenwald


title: Champagne Glass

creator: Germany, Nuremberg

country: Nuremberg

subjects:
Drinking vessel
Nuremberg
Ships & the sea
Glass
European decorative arts


title: Goblet

creator: Bohemia, Czech Republic

subjects:
Drinking vessel
Bohemia
Ships & the sea
Glass
European decorative arts


title: Wine Glass


title: Goblet with Crest of Holland

date: Late 18th century


title: Wine Glass

creator: England or Netherlands

medium: Glass; blown and stipple engraved


title: Wine Glass

medium: Glass, blown and stipple engraved

subjects:
Drinking vessel
England
Ships & the sea
Glass
European decorative arts


title: Wineglass with Tribunal Scene


title: Wine Glass

medium: Glass; stipple engraved


title: Wine Glass

creator: England or Netherlands (glass)

date: 18th century

credit_line: Gift of Mr. Robert Allerton


title: Lamp

medium: Glass; clear, baluster stem, spherical font, with S-scroll handle and metal wick holder

subjects:
Glass
England
European decorative arts

credit_line: Bequest of Elizabeth R. Vaughan


title: Wine Glass


title: Crouching Woman

creator: Eugène Delacroix

medium: Black and red chalk, with pastel, heightened with white chalk, over wash, on tan wove paper

subjects:
Pastel
France
Women
White (color)
Red (color)
Black (color)
Brown (color)
Drawing (image-making)
Romantic
Paper (fiber product)
Pastel (crayons)
Crayon
Drawing (visual works)
Print and drawing
Paper
Black chalk
Red chalk
Wash
White chalk
Wove paper
Essential

credit_line: Through prior bequest of Mr. and Mrs. Martin A. Ryerson Collection


title: Pitcher

creator: Germany or Russia

date: Possibly 19th century

medium: Glass; molded and cut, gilt bronze mounts

subjects:
Pitcher (vessel)
Germany
Ships & the sea
Glass
Vessel
European decorative arts


title: Beaker

date: Early 19th century

medium: Glass; blown, molded and engraved


title: Covered Tankard

medium: Glass; blown, cut and enameled with pewter mount

subjects:
Drinking vessel
Bohemia
Ships & the sea
Glass
Pewter
European decorative arts

credit_line: Mr. and Mrs Robert C. Rockafield in memory of his son Robert William Rockafield.


title: The Anniversary (Homage to Hector Berlioz)

creator: Henri Fantin-Latour

medium: Pastel, with opaque watercolor and scraping, over a lithograph in black ink, on wove paper

subjects:
Pastel
France
Men
People
Print and drawing
Operas/operetta
Scraping
Paper (fiber product)
Graphite
Pastel (crayons)
Crayon
Black crayon
Drawing (visual works)

credit_line: Margaret Day Blake Collection, Harold Joachim and Helen Regenstein Endowments


title: The Departure for Work

creator: Jean François Millet

medium: Pastel and charcoal on cream laid paper

subjects:
Charcoal
France
Labor
Smudging
Paper (fiber product)
Plant material
Pastel (crayons)
Crayon
Conté crayon (tm)
Fabricated chalk
Drawing technique
Drawing (visual works)
Print and drawing

credit_line: Gift of Dorothy Braude Edinburg to the Harry B. and Bessie K. Braude Memorial Collection


title: Wine Glass

creator: England

subjects:
Drinking vessel
England
Ships & the sea
Glass

credit_line: Gift of Anne Simon Moffat and Keith Moffat


title: Ale Glass


title: Rummer

subjects: Glass England


title: Wreath fragment

medium: Oak, gilded

credit_line: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1906


title: Studies of Children

creator: Ercole Procaccini The Younger

medium: Red chalk on light tan paper

credit_line: Gift of Cornelius Vanderbilt, 1880


title: Two-handled vessel with a pierced base

date: ca. 4th–5th century CE

medium: Glass, pale green

country: Sasanian

subjects:
Sasanian
Ships & the sea

credit_line: Fletcher Fund, 1964


title: Plate 5 from "Los Caprichos": Two of a kind (Tal para qual)

creator: Goya (Francisco de Goya y Lucientes)

medium: Etching, aquatint, drypoint

credit_line: Gift of M. Knoedler & Co., 1918


title: Medal commemorating the marriage of Mary, Queen of Scots to the Dauphin Francis of France, with seals and signet rings relating to Queen Mary below (from "A Souvenir of the Abbey and Palace of Holyrood")

creator: John West

medium: Engraving

credit_line: Gift of Susan Dwight Bliss, 1958


title: Terracotta fragments of kylikes (drinking cups)

date: 6th/5th centuries BCE

medium: Terracotta

country: Greek, Attic

subjects:
Vase
Greek, attic

credit_line: Gift of Dietrich von Bothmer, Distinguished Research Curator, Greek and Roman Art, 2011


title: Plate 46, from the Fans of the Period series (N7) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes Brands

creator: Allen & Ginter

medium: Commercial color lithograph

credit_line: The Jefferson R. Burdick Collection, Gift of Jefferson R. Burdick


title: Tripod incense burner

date: 14th century

medium: Copper alloy

country: China

subjects: Metalwork China

credit_line: Purchase, Friends of Asian Art Gifts, 2020


title: Capital

date: late 12th century

medium: Stone

country: French

credit_line: The Cloisters Collection, 1925


title: Pendant

medium: Jadeite

country: Guatemala

subjects: Jade Guatemala

credit_line: Gift of Heber R. Bishop, 1902


title: Sampler

medium: Silk on silk

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textiles-embroidered

credit_line: From the Collection of Mrs. Lathrop Colgate Harper, Bequest of Mabel Herbert Harper, 1957


title: Infant Hercules

creator: Francesco Bartolozzi

medium: Etching and engraving

credit_line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917


title: Inrō with Shells and Seaweeds amid Rocks and Waves

date: 17th–18th century

medium: Inrō: four cases; lacquered wood, gold and silver takamaki-e, hiramaki-e, togidashimaki-e, cutout gold foil application, silver inlay on gold ground; metal cord runners; ojime: copper with mixed-metal inlay and gilded details; netsuke: carved ivory

country: Japan

subjects:
Inrō
Japan
Shells & molluscs

credit_line: Edward C. Moore Collection, Bequest of Edward C. Moore, 1891


title: Piece

medium: Silk

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textiles-woven

credit_line: Gift of The United Piece Dye Works, 1936


title: Inlay

date: ca. 8th–7th century BCE

medium: Glass

country: Assyrian

credit_line: Rogers Fund, 1958


title: Garden Scene

creator: Jean-François Millet

medium: Oil on canvas

credit_line: Bequest of Maria DeWitt Jesup, from the collection of her husband, Morris K. Jesup, 1914


title: Vanitas Still Life

creator: Herman Henstenburgh

medium: Watercolor, gouache, and gum arabic on parchment

credit_line: Purchase, Anonymous Gift, in memory of Frits Markus, and Frits and Rita Markus Fund, 2003


title: Rosalie Léon

creator: André-Adolphe-Eugène Disdéri

medium: Albumen silver print from glass negative

credit_line: Gilman Collection, Gift of The Howard Gilman Foundation, 2005


title: Chauman. Nicolas. 38 ans, né à Paris XVe. Puisatier. Anarchiste. 6/3/94.

creator: Alphonse Bertillon

credit_line: Gilman Collection, Museum Purchase, 2005


title: Evening ensemble

creator: House of Worth

medium: silk

credit_line: Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Gift of Edith Gardiner, 1926


title: The Dentist (reverse copy)

creator: Jan Muller

medium: Prints

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Ruth Peterson on behalf of the Estate of Jacob Frey, 1972


title: Fragment

medium: Nephrite

country: New Zealand

subjects:
Jade
New zealand


title: Fragment

medium: Silk and metal thread on silk

credit_line: Rogers Fund, 1913


title: Terracotta fragment of a column-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)

medium: Terracotta

credit_line: Gift of Dietrich von Bothmer, Distinguished Research Curator, Greek and Roman Art, 2011


title: Dipankara Jataka (The Story of the Ascetic Megha and the Buddha Dipankara)

date: ca. 2nd century

medium: Schist with gold leaf

country: Pakistan (ancient region of Gandhara, Swat Valley)

credit_line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Alan D. Wolfe, in memory of Samuel Eilenberg, 1998


title: The Apocalyptic Riders, plate 3 from "The Apocalypse"

creator: Hans Burgkmair

medium: Woodcut

credit_line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1963


title: Carrier Pigeon, from the Birds of America series (N4) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes Brands

medium: Commercial color lithograph

subjects: Print Birds

credit_line: The Jefferson R. Burdick Collection, Gift of Jefferson R. Burdick


title: Fly Time (from McGuire Scrapbook)

creator: Shepard Alonzo Mount

medium: Graphite on off-white heavy-weight wove paper

country: American

credit_line: Gift of James C. McGuire, 1926


title: Piece

medium: Silk / Compound weave

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Japan
Textiles-woven

credit_line: Gift of Kihei Hattori, in memory of his father, Kihei Hattori, 1920


title: Pair of mounted vases

date: porcelain early 18th century, mounts ca. 1765

medium: Chinese porcelain; gilt-bronze mounts

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Charles Wrightsman, 2008


title: Souvenir

creator: Louis Cousin

medium: Gold, mother-of-pearl, malachite, diamonds; ivory

credit_line: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917


title: Coupe # 914

creator: Brewster & Co.

medium: Pen and black ink, watercolor and gouache with metallic ink and gum arabic

credit_line: Gift of William Brewster, 1923


title: R. Fulton, printer's sample for the World's Inventors souvenir album (A25) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes


title: Scarab

medium: Brigth blue glazed steatite

credit_line: Rogers Fund, 1933


title: Smell (Odor), from "Quinque Sensuum"

creator: Franz Cleyn

medium: Engraving

credit_line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1945


title: Standing Male Nude with Hands behind Back

creator: Battista Franco

medium: Red chalk

credit_line: Rogers Fund, 1962


title: Card 53, from the Girl Cyclists series (N49) for Virginia Brights Cigarettes

medium: Albumen photograph


title: Flute

creator: Probably France

medium: Glass

country: France

subjects: Glass France

credit_line: Gift of Anne Simon Moffat and Keith Moffat


title: Sweetmeat Glass

creator: England

country: England


title: Dwarf Ale Glass


title: Rummer


title: Wine Glass


title: Wine Glass

creator: England, Newcastle upon Tyne


title: Wine Glass

date: 19th century


title: Syllabub Cup


title: Ale Glass


title: Sweetmeat Glass


title: Wine Glass

creator: Possibly Europe

country: Europe

subjects:
Drinking vessel
Europe
Ships & the sea
Glass


title: Flute


title: Wine Glass


title: Salt

subjects: Glass Europe


title: Singers on the Stage

creator: Edgar Degas

medium: Pastel, over monotype, on ivory wove paper, laid down on board

subjects:
Pastel
France
Paper (fiber product)
Monotype
Pastel (crayons)
Crayon
Print and drawing
Paper
Drawing (visual works)
Wove paper

credit_line: Bequest of Mrs. Clive Runnells


title: Self-Portrait with a Visor

creator: Jean-Siméon Chardin

medium: Pastel on blue laid paper, laid down on canvas

subjects:
Pastel
France
Portraits
Men
Glasse
Fashion
Hats
Pastel (crayons)
Drawing (image-making)
Laid paper
Crayon
Drawing (visual works)
Print and drawing
Paper (fiber product)
Paper
Essential

credit_line: Clarence Buckingham Collection and the Harold Joachim Memorial Fund


title: Lovers in an Arbor

creator: Henri-Gabriel Ibels

medium: Pastel on paper

subjects:
Pastel
France
Paper (fiber product)
Pastel (crayons)
Crayon
Drawing (visual works)
Print and drawing

credit_line: Purchased with funds provided by Frank B. Hubachek


title: Wine Glass

creator: England or Netherlands

medium: Glass; cut and stipple engraved

subjects:
Drinking vessel
England
Ships & the sea
Glass
European decorative arts

credit_line: Gift of Julius and Augusta Rosenwald


title: Wine Glass


title: Wine Glass

subjects:
Drinking vessel
Netherland
Ships & the sea
Glass
European decorative arts


title: Wine Glass


title: Wine Glass

medium: Glass; stipple engraved


title: Wine Glass

creator: Netherlands


title: Wine Glass

medium: Glass; blown and stipple engraved


title: Wine Glass


title: Wine Glass

credit_line:
Gift of Mr & Mrs Julius Rosenwald

Gift of Julius Rosenwald


title: Wine Glass

date: January 26, 1795


title: Wine Glass


title: Goblet

medium: Glass; diamond engraved


title: Wine Glass


title: Boy with a Carrot

creator: François Boucher

medium: Pastel on buff laid paper

subjects:
Pastel
France
Children
Paper (fiber product)
Pastel (crayons)
Crayon
Drawing (visual works)
Print and drawing

credit_line: Helen Regenstein Collection


title: Retiring

medium: Pastel, with stumping, on cream wove paper, laid down on board

subjects:
Pastel
France
Stumping
Paper (fiber product)
Wove paper
Pastel (crayons)
Crayon
Drawing technique
Drawing (visual works)
Print and drawing
Paper

credit_line: Bequest of Mrs. Sterling Morton


title: Three Studies of a Dancer in Fourth Position

medium: Charcoal and pastel with stumping, and touches of brush and black wash, on grayish-tan laid paper with blue fibers, laid down on gray wove paper

subjects:
Pastel
France
Stumping
Paper (fiber product)
Charcoal
Pastel (crayons)
Crayon
Black wash
Wash
Wove paper
Drawing technique
Drawing (visual works)
Print and drawing
Paper

credit_line: Bequest of Adele R. Levy


title: Needlework Panel

creator: Portugal or England

date: Late 17th century

medium: Linen ground embroidered with silk and metal threads; attached pearls and mirrors

country: Portugal

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
Portugal
Garden
Animal
English garden
Foliage
Hunting
Landscape
Musical instrument
Musician
Plant
Tree
Linen (material)
Embroidering
Needlework (visual works)
Silk (fiber)
Metal thread
Mirror
Pearl

credit_line: Gift of H. John Heinz, III


title: Portrait of Madame Chardin

creator: Jean Siméon Chardin

medium: Pastel on blue paper, laid down on canvas

subjects:
Pastel
France
Portraits
Paper (fiber product)
Pastel (crayons)
Crayon
Drawing (visual works)
Print and drawing

credit_line: Purchased with funds provided by the Joseph and Helen Regenstein Foundation


title: Study for The Oath of the Tennis Court: Bailly Standing on the Desk, Asking for a Vote

creator: Jean Pierre Norblin De La Gourdaine (French, 1745-1830)

medium: Pen and brown ink, black chalk, and brush and gray wash, on gray laid paper

subjects:
Ink or chalk wash
France
Paper (fiber product)
Ink
Coating (material)
Wash
Chalk stick
Black chalk
Chalk
Inorganic material
Drawing (visual works)
Print and drawing

credit_line: Helen Regenstein collection


title: Place de la Trinité, Paris

creator: Jean-François Raffaëlli

medium: Pastel on canvas, mounted to wood panel

subjects:
Print and drawing
France
Pastel
Drawing (visual works)

credit_line: Potter Palmer Collection


title: Vision of Saint Philip Neri

creator: Unknown artist after Guido Reni

date: after 1614

medium: Red chalk, heightened with lead white (discolored), on buff laid paper, outlines incised for transfer; laid down on cream wove paper

country: Italy

subjects:
Chalk
Italy
Paper (fiber product)
Red chalk
Inorganic material
Lead white
Opaque white pigment
White pigment
Pigment
Colorant
Drawing (visual works)
Print and drawing

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Samuel E. Johnson


title: Allegory of Drawing

creator: Unknown artist after Nicolas Dorigny (French, 1658-1746)

medium: Pen and brown ink, with brush and gray wash, heightened with lead white (partly discolored), with traces of graphite, on tan laid paper

subjects:
Mythology
Ink or chalk wash
Italy
Paper (fiber product)
Ink
Wash
Graphite
Lead white
Opaque white pigment
White pigment
Pigment
Colorant
Drawing (visual works)
Print and drawing

credit_line: The Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection


title: Plate

creator: China (for the American market)

medium: Porcelain, polychrome enamels, and gilding

subjects:
Plate (general, dish)
China
Porcelain
Tableware
Dish (vessel)
European decorative arts
Ceramic

credit_line: Bequest of Frederick S. Colburn


title: Candlestick

creator: China

medium: Hard-paste porcelain with polychrome enamels and gilding

country: Jingdezhen

subjects:
Candleholder - candlestick
Jingdezhen
Hard-paste porcelain
Chinese export
Candleholder
Chinese export porcelain
Porcelain
Ceramic
Inorganic material
Chinese (culture or style)
East asian
Asian
European decorative arts


title: Tankard

subjects:
Drinking vessel
Jingdezhen
Ships & the sea
Hard-paste porcelain
Chinese export
Chinese export porcelain
Porcelain
Ceramic
Inorganic material
Chinese (culture or style)
East asian
Asian
European decorative arts


title: Punch Bowl

subjects:
Punch bowl
Jingdezhen
Hard-paste porcelain
Chinese export
Bowl
Chinese export porcelain
Porcelain
Ceramic
Inorganic material
Chinese (culture or style)
East asian
Asian
European decorative arts


title: Tea Bowl and Saucer

subjects:
Drinking vessel
China
Ships & the sea
Hard-paste porcelain
Chinese export
Chinese export porcelain
Porcelain
Ceramic
Inorganic material
Chinese (culture or style)
East asian
Asian
European decorative arts


title: Platter

medium: Hard-paste porcelain, polychrome enamels and gilding

subjects:
Vessel for serving food
Jingdezhen
Ships & the sea
Hard-paste porcelain
Chinese export
Dish (vessel)
Chinese export porcelain
Porcelain
Ceramic
Inorganic material
Chinese (culture or style)
East asian
Asian
European decorative arts


title: Plate

medium: Hard-paste porcelain with iron red enamels and gilding

subjects:
Plate (general, dish)
Jingdezhen
Hard-paste porcelain
Chinese export
Dish (vessel)
Chinese export porcelain
Porcelain
Ceramic
Inorganic material
Chinese (culture or style)
East asian
Asian
European decorative arts


title: Plate


title: Soup Bowl

subjects:
Bowl
Jingdezhen
Hard-paste porcelain
Chinese export
Dish (vessel)
Chinese export porcelain
Porcelain
Ceramic
Inorganic material
Chinese (culture or style)
East asian
Asian
European decorative arts


title: Oval Dish

subjects:
Dish (vessel)
Jingdezhen
Ships & the sea
Hard-paste porcelain
Chinese export
Chinese export porcelain
Porcelain
Ceramic
Inorganic material
Chinese (culture or style)
East asian
Asian
European decorative arts


title: Platter


title: Screen (Four-Fold)

date: Qing dynasty (1644–1911), 19th century

medium: Wood and glass; top and bottom rows: silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped silk, slit tapestry weave with interlaced outlining wefts; painted details; center row: silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped silk, slit and dovetailed tapestry weave with interlaced outlining wefts; painted details

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
China
Qing
Paper (fiber product)
Weaving
Silk (fiber)

credit_line: Gift of Polly Root Collier


title: Fragment (For a Curtain)

creator: Manchu

medium: Silk, warp-float faced 7:1 satin weave; embroidered with silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped silk in surface satin stitches; laid work and couching

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textile
China
Qing
Paper (fiber product)
Weaving
Needlework (visual works)
Chinese (culture or style)
East asian
Asian
Silk (fiber)

credit_line: Bequest of Russell Tyson


title: Sketches of Four Heads and a Child

creator: Umberto Boccioni

medium: Etching on ivory wove paper

subjects:
Drypoint
Italy
Etching
Paper (fiber product)
Printing
Print
Print and drawing

credit_line: Stanley Field Fund


title: Boy Playing a Flute

creator: John George Brown

medium: Etching on ivory chine paper, laid down on cream wove cardboard

country: United States

subjects:
Etching
United state
Paper (fiber product)
Print
Print and drawing

credit_line: Gift of Dorothy Braude Edinburg to the Harry B. and Bessie K. Braude Memorial Collection


title: La Signora Sacchi

medium: Drypoint on paper

subjects:
Drypoint
Italy
Paper (fiber product)
Print
Print and drawing


title: Piece

medium: Silk

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Japan
Textiles-woven

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Dirk Brower, 1960


title: Christ Driving the Money Changers from the Temple, from "The Fall and Salvation of Mankind through the Life and Passion of Christ"

creator: Maarten van Heemskerck

medium: Etching

subjects: Architecture Print

credit_line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1981


title: Costumes de Théâtre, Saïgon, Cochinchine

creator: Emile Gsell

medium: Albumen silver print from glass negative

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Photograph

credit_line: Gilman Collection, Purchase, The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation Gift, through Joyce and Robert Menschel, 2005


title: Pilgrim's Badge

date: 14th–16th century

medium: Lead

subjects: Metalwork-lead French

credit_line: The Cloisters Collection, 1977


title: Bowl

date: late 8th–9th century

medium:
Earthenware; underglaze painted in polychrome pigments under
 transparent glaze (buff ware)

credit_line: Rogers Fund, 1940


title: Vue générale de Bethany - General view of Bethany

creator: Félix Bonfils

medium: Albumen silver print

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. John L. Swayze, 1982


title: Beaker (Ranftbecher)

creator: Anton Kothgasser

medium: Glass

credit_line: Munsey Fund, 1927


title: Drop-leaf Table

medium: Maple

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Russell Sage, 1909


title: Variety Act 12: One for All, All for One or a Glimpse through the Keyhole (Varietenummer 12: Eine für Alle, Alle für eine oder ein Blick Durch's Schlüsselloch. Pariser Schwank mit 20 Akten

creator: Moriz Jung

medium: Color lithograph

credit_line: Museum Accession, transferred from the Library


title: Broadsheet relating to the execution of Arnulfo Villegas in the Belen prison on 12 February 1908

creator: José Guadalupe Posada

medium: Zincograph and letterpress on tan paper

credit_line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1946


title: Three Captains Brought Up for Judgment, from [Theuerdank] Die geuerlicheiten vnd einsteils der geschichten des loblichen streytparen vnd hochberümbten helds vnd Ritters herr Tewrdannckhs

creator: Hans Burgkmair

medium: Woodcut on vellum

credit_line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1932


title: Pair of Over-and-Under Tube-Lock Percussion Pistols with Case and Accessories

creator: Durs Egg

date: ca. 1805–10; converted after 1818

medium: Pistols: steel, wood (walnut, rosewood), gold, platinum, brass, horn; case: wood (mahogany), textile, brass, bone, paper; powder flask: brass, steel, wood, leather; bullet mold: steel; box with patches: textile, paper, tin

country: British, London

subjects:
Costume & fashion
British, london
Firearms-pistol
Skeletons & bones

credit_line: Gift of Charles M. Schott Jr., 1917


title: Cuneiform tablet impressed with cylinder seal: loan of silver

date: ca. 1618 BCE

medium: Clay

country: Babylonian

credit_line: Purchase, by exchange, 1911


title: Buckle Loop

date: 15th–17th century

medium: Bronze gilt

country: European

subjects:
Ornament & design
Miscellaneous-buckle & ornament
European

credit_line: Bashford Dean Memorial Collection, Funds from various donors, 1929


title: Terracotta fragment of a handle

date: 6th century BCE

medium: Terracotta

country: Etruscan

subjects: Vase Etruscan

credit_line: Gift of Dietrich von Bothmer, Distinguished Research Curator, Greek and Roman Art, 2011


title: Belt hook

date: 4th–3rd century BCE

medium: Iron inlaid with gold and silver

country: China

subjects: Metalwork China

credit_line: Purchase, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1965


title: Three Tahitian Women

creator: Paul Gauguin

medium: Oil on wood

credit_line: The Walter H. and Leonore Annenberg Collection, Gift of Walter H. and Leonore Annenberg, 1997, Bequest of Walter H. Annenberg, 2002


title: Bowl honoring Gaston Tissandier

creator: Joséphine Arthurine Blot

medium: Enamel on copper, foil

credit_line: Purchase, Friends of European Sculpture and Decorative Arts Gifts, 2024


title: Disk Brooch

medium: Gold on copper alloy, paste cabochon

country: Frankish

subjects:
Metalwork-copper alloy
Frankish

credit_line: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917


title: The Virgin Surrounded by Sven Medaillons Representing the Seven Joys of the Virgin

creator: Lucas Cranach the Elder

medium: Woodcut

credit_line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1931


title: Dachshund, from the Dogs of the World series for Old Judge Cigarettes

creator: Goodwin & Company

medium: Commercial color lithograph

credit_line: The Jefferson R. Burdick Collection, Gift of Jefferson R. Burdick


title: "La Danse Savoyarde"

creator: Lecler, Père et Fils

medium: Cotton

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textiles-printed

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. W. D. Frishmuth, 1913


title: Boats on the Seacoast at Etaples

creator: Charles-François Daubigny

credit_line: Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Collection, Wolfe Fund, 1903


title: Terracotta rim fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)

country: Greek, Attic

subjects:
Vase
Greek, attic


title: Tapestry Fragment with Figure

date: 12th–15th century

country: Central Coast

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Central coast
Textiles-woven

credit_line: Rogers Fund, 1928


title: Portrait of a Gentleman

creator: Moses B. Russell

medium: Watercolor on ivory

subjects: American Portraits

credit_line: Gift of Gloria Manney, 2006


title: Foot and leg? neck and chest?

medium: Indurated limestone

credit_line: Gift of Edward S. Harkness, 1921


title: Saint Martin and Beggar

creator: Zacharias Dolendo

date: late 16th century

medium: Engraving

credit_line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1949


title: See 26.8.135a

medium: Gold

credit_line: Purchase, Frederick P. Huntley Bequest, 1958


title: Terracotta rim fragment of a skyphos (deep drinking cup)

date: second quarter of the 5th century BCE


title: Manuscript Leaf with the Holy Trinity in an Initial T, from a Missal

medium: Tempera,  ink, and gold on parchment

country: South German

subjects:
Manuscript and illumination
South german

credit_line: Gift of Harry G. Friedman, 1955


title: Lillie Leyton, from the Actresses series (N245) issued by Kinney Brothers to promote Sweet Caporal Cigarettes

creator: Kinney Brothers Tobacco Company

medium: Albumen photograph


title: Coin

date: 8th–9th century

medium: Copper

credit_line: Rogers Fund, 1939


title: Fragment of Dish

date: 14th–15th century

medium: Stonepaste; polychrome underglaze painted

credit_line: Rogers Fund, 1913


title: Fibula, boat-shaped type

date: 8th–6th century BCE

medium: Bronze

country: Italic

subjects: Bronze Italic

credit_line: Purchase, 1896


title: Guardian Figure (Dvarapala)

creator: Indonesia

date: c. 15th century

medium: Andesite

country: Eastern Java

subjects:
Stone (unidentified)
Eastern java
Southeast asian
Stone
Sculpture
Asian art

credit_line: James W. and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection


title: Mary Magdalene

creator: Unknown artist

medium: Red chalk on cream laid paper

country: Netherlands

subjects:
Print and drawing
Netherland
Paper
Chalk
Drawing

credit_line: The Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection


title: Seated Mother and Child

creator: Circle of Giovanni Bilivert

medium: Red chalk, on buff laid paper, laid down on ivory card

subjects:
Chalk
Italy
Paper (fiber product)
Chalk stick
Red chalk
Inorganic material
Drawing (visual works)
Print and drawing


title: Sudies for the Beheading of Saint John the Baptist (recto); Several Figure Sketches (verso)

creator: Giovanni Bilivert

medium: Red chalk, with brush and red chalk wash (recto), and red chalk (verso), on ivory laid paper

subjects:
Chalk
Italy
Paper (fiber product)
Wash
Coating (material)
Chalk stick
Red chalk
Inorganic material
Drawing (visual works)
Print and drawing

credit_line: Francis A. Elkins Bequest Fund


title: The Bacchanal with a Wine Vat

creator: Daniel Hopfer, I (German, 1470-1536)

medium: Etching on ivory laid paper

country: Germany

subjects:
Engraving
Germany
Paper (fiber product)
Print
Print and drawing

credit_line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Potter Palmer, Jr.


title: Crucifixion

creator: Georg Pencz

medium: Engraving in black on ivory laid paper

credit_line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Potter Palmer


title: The Virgin on the Grassy Bank

creator: Jacob Binck


title: The Holy Family Under the Canopy

creator: Sebald Beham

medium: Woodcut in black on ivory laid paper

subjects:
Woodcut
Germany
Paper (fiber product)
Woodcut (process)
Print
Print and drawing


title: King Christian II of Denmark

creator: Jacob Binck (German, c. 1500-1569)

date: about 1529


title: Phyllis and Aristotle

creator: Hans Brosamer


title: The Massacre of the Innocents

credit_line: Potter Palmer Collection


title: Ornament with Two Tritons, from Four Vignettes

subjects:
Ornament & design
Engraving
Germany
Paper (fiber product)
Print
Print and drawing


title: Children Gathering Grapes

creator: Master I.B.

medium: Engraving in black on paper


title: Fortune


title: The Fool and the Foolish Woman


title: Cupid Bringing and Honeycomb to Venus

medium: Engraving in black on cream laid paper

credit_line: The Charles Deering Collection


title: The Virgin with the Pear and Child on the Bank

medium: Woodcut in black on cream laid paper


title: Saint Matthias, from Christ, the Apostles and Saint Paul

creator: Lucas Cranach the Elder

medium: Woodcut in black on buff laid paper


title: Saint Jude, from Christ, the Apostles and Saint Paul


title: Jesus Christ Parting from the Virgin to go and Suffer Death

creator: Daniel Hopfer, I

medium: Etching in black on cream laid paper

subjects:
Etching
Germany
Paper (fiber product)
Print
Print and drawing


title: Medea and Jason, from Greek Heroines


title: Dagger Sheath with a Warrior


title: Landscape with a Church

creator: Hanns Lautensack

medium: Etching printed on paper

subjects:
Etching
Germany
Landscapes
Paper (fiber product)
Print
Print and drawing

credit_line: Gift of Robert P. Lamont


title: Landscape with River, Town and Castle

creator: Augustin Hirschvogel

medium: Etching on paper


title: The Duchess

creator: Hans Holbein, the younger

date: before 1526

medium: Woodcut on paper

credit_line: John H. Wrenn Fund


title: Pilate Washing His Hands, from Passio domini nostri Jesu Christi

creator: Urs Graf, the Elder (Swiss, 1485-1527/28)

medium: Hand-colored woodcut on ivory laid paper with letterpress on verso, laid down on white laid paper

country: Switzerland

subjects:
Woodcut
Switzerland
Paper (fiber product)
Watercolor
Water-base paint
Paint
Coating (material)
Print
Print and drawing

credit_line:
Gift of Frederick Keppel & Co, New York. From E. W. collection

Gift of Los Angeles Junior Museum to Children's Museum Given to Chicago Community July 1951.


title: The Rest on the Flight into Egypt

credit_line: Clarence Buckingham Collection


title: Philip Melanchthon

creator: Lucas Cranach, the Younger (German, 1515-1586)

medium: Woodcut in black with letterpress on ivory laid paper

credit_line: Gift of Bernard F. Rogers, Sr.


title: Adam and Eve Driven out of Paradise

credit_line: Print Sales Miscellaneous Fund


title: Erasmus of Rotterdam

creator: Veit Specklin (German, active c. 1525-1550)

medium: Woodcut on ivory laid paper

credit_line: The Stickney Collection


title: The Agony in the Gardens and Christ's Arrest, plate ten from Passio domini nostri Jesu Christi

subjects:
Woodcut
Switzerland
Paper (fiber product)
Woodcut (process)
Print
Print and drawing


title: The Last Supper and Christ Washing the Feet of His Disciples, plate nine from Passio domini nostri Jesu Christi

medium: Woodcut on ivory laid paper with letterpress on verso

credit_line: Gift of Mr. Potter Palmer, II


title: The Cardinal


title: Christ's Entry into Jerusalem, from Passio domini nostri Jesu Christi


title: Nativity

creator: Ludwig Krug


title: Pharoah's Dream (recto); Jacob Adopts Sons of Joseph (verso)


title: Genius with the Alphabet


title: Medallion Portraits of Henry and Margaret of Navarre (recto) and Portraits of Barbarossa and of Muleasem of Tunis (verso) from Bildtnussen der Rhömischen Keyseren, plate 44 from Woodcuts from Books of the XVI Century

creator: Hans Rudolf Manuel Deutsch (Swiss, 1525-1572)

date: 1558, assembled into portfolio 1937

subjects:
Woodcut
Switzerland
Portraits
Paper (fiber product)
Woodcut (process)
Print
Print and drawing


title: Jonah Outside Ninevah (recto); Habakkuk Carrying Bread to Reapers (verso)


title: German Soldier Standing with Flag (recto) and German Soldier Marching with Flag (verso) from Wappen des heiligen römischen Reichs Teutscher Nation, plate 47 from Woodcuts from Books of the XVI Century

creator: Attributed to Monogrammist I.K. (German, active 1536-1545)

date: 1545, assembled into portfolio 1937


title: Landscape with a Church and Covered Bridge


title: Landscape with a Fortress on a Hill


title: Book-Plate of Scheurl and Tucher

medium: Woodcut in black hand colored with brush and watercolor on cream laid paper, laid down on tan laid paper

subjects:
Book plate
Germany
Paper (fiber product)
Woodcut (process)
Print and drawing
Print

credit_line: Gift of Joseph Adams


title: Two Couples and the Buffoon


title: Ornament with a Mask Held by Two Genii


title: Misfortune


title: Solomom Adoring the Idols

subjects:
Engraving
Germany
Paper (fiber product)
Ink
Coating (material)
Print
Print and drawing


title: Patience


title: Virgil Suspended in a Basket, copy

creator: After Georg Pencz


title: Esther before Ahasuerus

creator: Georg Pencz


title: Luther as an Augustinian Friar, with Cap

credit_line: Gift of Mr. Potter Palmer, Jr.


title: The Virgin and Child

creator: Hans Burgkmair, the elder


title: Eve


title: Adam


title: Three Turkish Soldiers (Cavalrymen)

creator: Hopfer, Daniel I


title: The Physician


title: The Monk

credit_line: Joseph Brooks Fair Fund


title: Dagger Sheath with a Landsknecht

creator: Jacob Binck

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Morris Woolf


title: Judgment of Paris

creator: Hans Brosamer

medium: Engraving in black on buff laid paper

subjects:
Engraving
Germany
Women
People
Print and drawing
Greek
Mythology
Men
Putti
Paper (fiber product)
Print


title: Saint James the Greater, from The Martyrdom of the Apostles

creator: Lucas Cranach the Elder


title: Saint James the Less, The Martyrdom of the Apostles


title: Saint Matthias, from The Martyrdom of the Apostles


title: Saint Thomas, from The Martyrdom of the Apostles


title: Saint Philip, from The Martyrdom of the Apostles


title: Saint Andrew, from The Martyrdom of the Apostles


title: Saint Simon, from The Martyrdom of the Apostles


title: Saint Jude, from The Martyrdom of the Apostles


title: Saint Peter, from The Martyrdom of the Apostles


title: Saint John, from The Martyrdom of the Apostles


title: Saint Bartholomew, from The Martyrdom of the Apostles


title: Saint Paul, from The Martyrdom of the Apostles


title: The Last Supper and Christ Washing the Feet of his Disciples, plate nine from Passio domini nostri Jesu Christi

subjects:
Woodcut
Switzerland
Paper (fiber product)
Print
Print and drawing

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr.


title: A Chained Monkey

creator: Franz Brun

credit_line: The Joseph Brooks Fair Collection


title: Saint Paul Enthroned Under a Baldachin

creator: Daniel Hopfer, I

medium: Etching in black on ivory laid paper

credit_line: William McCallin McKee Memorial Endowment


title: Martin Luther

creator: Daniel Hopfer, I (German, 1470-1536)


title: Portrait of Reinneir

medium: Engraving and etching in black on buff laid paper

subjects:
Engraving
Germany
Portraits
Paper (fiber product)
Print
Print and drawing


title: Bookplate of Willibald Pirckheimer

creator: Master I.B. (possibly Georg Pencz; German, c. 1500-1550)

medium: Engraving in black on ivory laid paper

credit_line: John H. Wrenn Endowment


title: Three Proverbs of King Solomon

medium: Etching in black on paper

credit_line: John H. Wrenn Memorial Collection


title: Organ Grinder

creator: Anne Claude Philippe de Tubières, comte de Caylus

medium: Etching with some engraving

credit_line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1953


title: Design for T-Cart, no. 3122

creator: Brewster & Co.

medium: Pen and black ink, waterdolor and gouace with gum arabic

credit_line: Gift of William Brewster, 1923


title: Two Glass Fragments

date: 9th century

medium: Glass

credit_line: Rogers Fund, 1923


title: Card Number 90, Lillian Russell, from the Actors and Actresses series (N145-2) issued by Duke Sons & Co. to promote Cross Cut Cigarettes

creator: W. Duke, Sons & Co.

medium: Albumen photograph

credit_line: The Jefferson R. Burdick Collection, Gift of Jefferson R. Burdick


title: The Entrance to a Wood

creator: Robert Walter Weir

medium: Watercolor and graphite on buff wove paper

country: American

credit_line: Gift of Erving Wolf Foundation, in memory of Diane R. Wolf, 1977


title: Plate

creator: Boston & Sandwich Glass Company

medium: Blown amber glass with applied threaded decoration

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Emily Winthrop Miles, 1946


title: Death of a Saint

creator: Anonymous, Italian, 17th or 18th century

medium: Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over red chalk on cream laid paper.  Oval framing outline by the artist -- in pen and brown ink; octagonal ruled framing outline in pen and brown ink

credit_line: Gift of Cornelius Vanderbilt, 1880


title: Nesting Bowl

date: 4th–7th century

medium: Earthenware

country: Coptic

subjects: Ceramic Coptic

credit_line: Rogers Fund, 1925


title: Album of Sketches by Katsushika Hokusai and His Disciples

creator: Katsushika Hokusai

date: 19th century

medium: Album of ninety-seven leaves; ink and color on paper

country: Japan

subjects: Painting Japan

credit_line: Charles Stewart Smith Collection, Gift of Mrs. Charles Stewart Smith, Charles Stewart Smith Jr., and Howard Caswell Smith, in memory of Charles Stewart Smith, 1914


title: Roman Dancer, from the Dancing Women series (N186) issued by Wm. S. Kimball & Co.

creator: William S. Kimball & Company

medium: Commercial color lithograph


title: Sword Guard (Tsuba)

creator: Omori Teruhide

date: 18th century

medium: Copper-gold alloy (shakudō), gold, copper-silver alloy (shibuichi)

country: Japanese

subjects:
Sword furniture-tsuba
Japanese

credit_line: Charles Stewart Smith Memorial Fund, 1919


title: Buckle

medium: Gilded bronze, garnet, and glass paste

subjects: Metalwork-bronze Frankish

credit_line: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917


title: Block Statue of Nedjem

medium: Diorite

credit_line: Gift of Egypt Exploration Fund, 1906


title: Marble cavetto capital

date: mid-6th century BCE

medium: Marble, Hymettian

subjects:
Stone sculpture
Greek, attic

credit_line: Rogers Fund, 1917


title: Collar

date: late 19th century

medium: Cotton

country: Irish

credit_line: Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Gift of Alastair Bradley Martin, 1965


title: An apostle resting his head on his left hand and reading a book, in an oval frame, from "Christ, the Virgin, and Thirteen Apostles"

creator: Anonymous, 17th century

medium: Etching; framing lines in pen and brown ink

credit_line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1926


title: Tankard

medium: Glass; blown, applied and marvered decoration; pewter mount

credit_line: Edward C. Moore Collection, Bequest of Edward C. Moore, 1891


title: Volute-krater fragment

medium: Terracotta

country: Greek, South Italian, Apulian

subjects:
Vase
Greek, south italian, apulian

credit_line: Rogers Fund, 1919


title: [Three Women,Two Men, and a Child on a Picnic]

creator: Franz Antoine

medium: Albumen silver print from glass negative

credit_line: David Hunter McAlpin Fund, 1948


title: La Terrasse de la Villa Brancas

creator: Félix Bracquemond

medium: Etching, drypoint; seventh state of eight

credit_line: Gift of David Keppel, 1922


title: V. Miséreuses aux Halles Centrales - Paris

creator: Paul Géniaux

medium: Gelatin silver transparency on glass with applied color

credit_line: Purchase, Jay H. McDonald Gift and funds from various donors, 2026


title: Collar

medium: cotton

credit_line: Gift of Miss Irene Lewisohn, 1941


title: The Embroiderer

creator: Jean Jacques Flipart

medium: Etching

credit_line: Myra Carter Church Fund, 1957


title: Piece

date: 18th–19th century

medium: Silk

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Japan
Textiles-woven

credit_line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, 1896


title: Epitaph for the Indian Monk Amogavajra (705-774)

date: 20th century

medium: Ink on paper

subjects: Rubbing China

credit_line: Seymour and Rogers Funds, 1977


title: Borders (2)

date: mid-19th century

medium: Linen, crochet

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Textiles-lace

credit_line: The Nuttall Collection, Gift of Mrs. Magdalena Nuttall, 1908


title: Exterior of the Farnese Palace, from "Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae"

creator: Nicolas Beatrizet

medium: Engraving; first state of two

credit_line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1941


title: Carrie Rogers, from the Actresses series (N245) issued by Kinney Brothers to promote Sweet Caporal Cigarettes

creator: Kinney Brothers Tobacco Company

medium: Albumen photograph

credit_line: The Jefferson R. Burdick Collection, Gift of Jefferson R. Burdick


title: Stencil with Hemp-Leaf Pattern

date: early 19th century

medium: Paper

subjects:
Ornament & design
Stencil
Japan

credit_line: Fletcher Fund, 1937


title: Palm Group, Bvitenzorg, Java

creator: Unknown

subjects: Photograph Palms

credit_line: Gift of Matthew Dontzin, 1985


title: Joined Tapestry Fragments with Fringe

date: 10th–15th century

medium: Camelid hair

country: Peru; central coast (?)

subjects:
Costume & fashion
Peru; central coast
Textiles-woven

credit_line: Gift of George D. Pratt, 1933


title: Mlle. Del Ira, Paris, from the Actors and Actresses series (N45, Type 1) for Virginia Brights Cigarettes

creator: Allen & Ginter


title: Miss Parry, from the Actresses series (N245) issued by Kinney Brothers to promote Sweet Caporal Cigarettes


title: Cuneiform tablet: account of date disbursement, Ebabbar archive

date: ca. 498 BCE

medium: Clay

country: Achaemenid

credit_line: Purchase, 1886


title: Fama, Goddess of Fame, from the Goddesses of the Greeks and Romans series (N188) issued by Wm. S. Kimball & Co.

medium: Commercial color lithograph


title: Hieratic ostracon

medium: Limestone, ink, paint

credit_line: Gift of Theodore M. Davis, 1909


title: Pattens

medium: Leather

country: European

credit_line: Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Gift of Herman Delman, 1954


title: Banknote vignette with three putti symbolizing trade and agriculture

creator: Asher Brown Durand

medium: Engraving and etching; proof

credit_line: Gift of Joseph Veach Noble, 2002


title: Anne de Chaumont-Guitry, Comtesse d'Amblimont

creator: Pierre Michel Alix

medium: Aquatint

credit_line: Anonymous Gift, 1924


title: Goblet

creator: Anthony Rasch

medium: Silver

credit_line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Kessler, 1971


title: Landscape with a Tree in Center of Foreground

creator: Augustin Hirschvogel

medium: Etching on paper

subjects:
Etching
Germany
Landscapes
Trees
Paper (fiber product)
Print
Print and drawing

credit_line: Given in memory of Hugh Dunbar by a group of his friends


title: Fortress in a Lake

subjects:
Etching
Germany
Paper (fiber product)
Print
Print and drawing

credit_line: Clarence Buckingham Collection


title: Portrait of a Man

creator: Hieronymous Hopfer

subjects:
Etching
Germany
Portraits
Paper (fiber product)
Print
Print and drawing

credit_line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Carl O. Schniewind


title: The Flight into Egypt

creator: Hanns Lautensack

credit_line: The Joseph Brooks Fair Collection


title: River Landscape with Large Tree in Foreground


title: Coat of Arms with a Skull

creator: Jan Wierix (Flemish, 1549-c. 1620)

medium: Engraving in black on ivory laid paper

country: Flanders

subjects:
Engraving
Flander
Skeletons & bones
Paper (fiber product)
Print
Print and drawing

credit_line: Gift of the Print and Drawing Club


title: Landscape with a Curved Wooden Bridge

medium: Etching in black on paper

subjects:
Etching
Germany
Landscapes
Paper (fiber product)
Print
Print and drawing


title: The Virgin and Child with Saint Anne

creator: Lucas Cranach the Elder

medium: Woodcut in black on cream laid paper

subjects:
Woodcut
Germany
Paper (fiber product)
Woodcut (process)
Print
Print and drawing

credit_line: Bequest of Mrs. Potter Palmer, Jr.


title: Saint Christopher

medium: Chiaroscuro woodcut in black with tone block printed in gray-brown, on ivory laid paper

subjects:
Woodcut
Germany
Paper (fiber product)
Print
Print and drawing


title: The Penitence of Saint John Chrysostom

medium: Engraving in black on cream laid paper, laid down on cream laid paper

subjects:
Engraving
Germany
Paper (fiber product)
Print
Print and drawing


title: The Seven Joys of Mary


title: St. Bartholomew

medium: Engraving in black on cream paper


title: The Church Enthroned

creator: Daniel Hopfer, I

medium: Etching in black on cream laid paper


title: Saint Christopher

credit_line: Gift of Mr. Frank B. Hubachek


title: Sudarium Displayed by Two Angels

creator: Jerome Wierix (Flemish, 1553-1619)

medium: Engraving in black on cream wove paper

subjects:
Engraving
Flander
Paper (fiber product)
Print
Print and drawing

credit_line: Gift of Marie Louise Pritchard


title: Self-Portrait

medium: Etching on ivory laid paper

credit_line: Prints and Drawings Purchase Account


title: The Penitence of Saint John Chrysostom


title: Madonna Crowned by Two Angels


title: The Fall of Man

medium: Woodcut in black on ivory laid paper


title: The Good Samaritan

credit_line: Everett D. Graff Memorial Fund


title: Emperors Charles V and Ferdinand I

creator: Conrad Baur, known as Master CB

medium: Etching in black on ivory laid paper

credit_line: Edna Wilhelmine Rose Fund


title: Woman with a Harp

creator: Sebald Beham


title: Pilate Washing His Hands, from The Passion


title: St. Matthew, from The Luther Bible

creator: Georg Lemberger (German, 1495-1540)

credit_line: Stanley Field Fund


title: Saint Jerome in His Study

subjects:
Engraving
Flander
Engraving (printing process)
Paper (fiber product)
Printing
Print
Print and drawing

credit_line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Thaviu


title: Saint Matthias, from The Martyrdom of the Apostles

medium: Woodcut on ivory laid paper with letterpress text on verso

credit_line: The Art Institute of Chicago


title: The Infant Christ as Redeemer

medium: Woodcut in black on tan laid paper

credit_line: Gift of Mrs. Louise E. Mora


title: The Holy Family with the Dove of the Holy Ghost

creator: Hieronymous Hopfer (German, active 1520-1550)

credit_line: Purchased with funds provided by Mr. and Mrs. Robert Meers


title: The Large Crucifixion

creator: Wolfgang Huber

credit_line: Through prior acquistions of the Mr. and Mrs. Potter Palmer Jr. Collection


title: Castle on a Hilltop

credit_line: Print and Drawing Fund


title: David and Goliath


title: Landscape with a Vine-Yard, in the Middle a Chariot Loaded with Poles

medium: Etching on cream laid paper

subjects:
Etching
Germany
Landscapes
Danube school
Paper (fiber product)
Paper
Print
Print and drawing

credit_line: Amanda S. Johnson and Marion J. Livingston Endowment


title: Lovers Surprised by Death

creator: Hans Burgkmair the Elder

medium: Chiaroscuro woodcut from three blocks in shades of brown on ivory laid paper

subjects:
Woodcut
Germany
Woodcut (process)
Paper (fiber product)
Printing
Print
Print and drawing


title: The Women's Bath

creator: Hans Sebald Beham

medium: Woodcut in black, with touches of brush and black ink, on cream laid paper

credit_line: The Amanda S. Johnson and Marion J. Livingston Fund


title: Saint Peter

creator: Master HL

subjects:
Print and drawing
Germany
Ink
Laid paper
Engraving
Paper
Print

credit_line: The Amanda S. Johnson and Marion J. Livingston Endowment Fund


title: Girolamo da Siena

creator: Daniel Hopfer

subjects:
Print
Germany
Ink
Laid paper
Etching
Paper
Print and drawing


title: Knight, Death, and Devil

medium: Engraving in black on paper

credit_line: Elizabeth Hammond Stickney Collection


title: Triumphal Procession of the Noble Glorious Women

medium: Engraving in black on ivory laid paper

credit_line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Potter Palmer


title: David and Bathsheba

creator: Hans Brosamer


title: Death and the Maiden


title: Solomon Worshipping the Idol Moloch

creator: Georg Pencz

credit_line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Potter Palmer, Jr.


title: David Observing Bathsheba


title: Clothing the Naked, from The Seven Acts of Mercy


title: Feeding the Hungry, from The Seven Acts of Mercy


title: Tamiris, from Greek Heroines


title: Paris and Oenone, from Greek Heroines


title: Sheltering Strangers, from The Seven Acts of Mercy


title: Death of Lucretia


title: Procris, from Greek Heroines


title: The Courtesan Punished, from The Story of the Magician Virgil


title: Virgil the Magician Hanging in the Basket


title: Joseph Sold by His Brothers

credit_line: Mr. and Mrs. Potter Palmer Jr., Collection


title: The Conversion of St. Paul


title: The Triumph of Love, plate one from The Triumphs of Petrarch


title: The Queen of Sheba Avoiding the Wooden Bridge


title: The Triumph of Fame, plate three from the Triumphs of Petrarch


title: The Triumph of Chastity, plate two from The Triumphs of Petrarch


title: The Triumph of Death, plate five from The Triumphs of Petrarch


title: The Triumph of Time, plate four from The Triumphs of Petrarch


title: The Triumph of Eternity, plate six from The Triumphs of Petrarch


title: The Road to Calvary, from the Passion


title: Ecce Homo, from The Passion


title: Buffoon and Two Bathing Women


title: Eight Boys


title: Profile Study of Man's Head

credit_line: The Wallace L. DeWolf and Joseph Brooks Fair Collections


title: The Standard-Bearer

creator: Jacob Binck


title: The Holy Family in a Room (Virgin, Child, and Saint Anne)

medium: Etching on paper


title: Bacchanale

creator: Master I.B.

medium: Etching in black on paper


title: The Battle


title: Abduction of Proserpine on a Unicorn

creator: Hieronymous Hopfer (German active 1520-1550)

medium: Etching on white laid paper


title: Ernest, from Saxon Dukes and Electors

creator: Balthasar Jenichen


title: Virginius Killing His Daughter


title: Johann Friedrich, from Saxon Dukes and Electors


title: Portrait of Martin Luther

subjects:
Engraving
Germany
Portraits
Paper (fiber product)
Print
Print and drawing


title: Three Putti with Armor


title: Samson and Delilah


title: Michael Le Masle

creator: Robert Nanteuil

medium: Etching and engraving on paper

country: France

subjects:
Engraving
France
Paper (fiber product)
Print
Print and drawing

credit_line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. S.M. Nickerson


title: Virgin and Child in Glory Worshipped by Two Monk Saints

creator: Circle of Ercole Procaccini the younger

medium: Red chalk, with brush and red chalk wash, on tan laid paper

country: Italy

subjects:
Ink or chalk wash
Italy
Red chalk
Paper
Wash
Laid paper
Chalk
Drawing (visual works)
Print and drawing
Paper (fiber product)

credit_line: The Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection


title: Head of a Sleeping Man

creator: Unknown artist, possible circle of Carlo Maratti

medium: Red chalk, heightened with touches of white chalk, on blue laid paper, pieced and laid down on ivory laid paper

subjects:
Chalk
Italy
Paper (fiber product)
Chalk stick
Red chalk
Inorganic material
White chalk
Drawing (visual works)
Print and drawing


title: Scenic Wallpaper Panel: Vues de Lyon

creator: Printed by Sauvinet (French, 1820-1825)

medium: Color woodblock print on paper with canvas lining

country: Paris

subjects:
Wallpaper
Pari
Block printing
Paper (fiber product)
Paper
European decorative arts

credit_line: Gift of David Adler


title: Scenic Wallpaper Panel: Vues de Lyon

subjects:
Wallpaper
Pari
Paper (fiber product)
Block printing
Paper
European decorative arts


title: Basin with Stylized Flowers and Sickle-leaf Scrolls

creator: China

date: Southern Song (1127–1279) or Yuan dynasty (1271–1368), c. 13th/14th century

medium: Yaozhou ware; glazed stoneware with underglaze molded floral scroll

country: China

subjects:
Ceramic
China
Flowers
Stoneware
Chinese (culture or style)
Decorative arts

credit_line: Gift of Dorothy Braude Edinburg to the Harry B. and Bessie K. Braude Memorial Collection


title: Jarlet

date: Northern Song (960–1127) or Jin dynasty (1115–1234), 12th century

medium: Northern blackware, Cizhou type; light grey stoneware with white trailed slip under dark brown glaze

subjects:
Ceramic
China
Stoneware
Chinese (culture or style)
Decorative arts


title: Wellhead with Water Bucket

date: Eastern Han dynasty (A.D. 25–220)

medium: Earthenware with green lead glaze

subjects:
Ceramic
China
Earthenware
Chinese (culture or style)
Asian art
Decorative arts

credit_line: Lucy Maud Buckingham Collection


title: Wellhead with Dragon Heads


title: Lobed Basin for Flowerpot with Four Cloud-Shaped Feet

date: Yuan (1271–1368)/Ming dynasty (1368–1644), 14th century

medium: Jun ware; stoneware with reddish-blue and purple glaze

subjects:
Stoneware
China
Chinese (culture or style)
Asian art
Ceramic
Decorative arts


title: Large Plate with Dragons, Clouds and Floral Sprays

date: Ming dynasty (1368–1644), mark and reign of Jiajing (1522–66)

medium: Porcelain painted in underglaze blue and overglaze yellow enamel

subjects:
Plate (general, dish)
China
Flowers
Porcelain
Chinese (culture or style)
Dish (vessel)
Asian art
Ceramic
Decorative arts

credit_line: Gift of Russell Tyson


title: Amphora with Three Dragon-Shaped Handles

date: Tang dynasty (618–907), 8th century

medium: Stoneware with yellowish-white glaze

subjects:
Ceramic
China
Stoneware
Chinese (culture or style)
Asian art
Decorative arts

credit_line: Dr. Edith B. Farnsworth Collection


title: Lamp of Human Form

credit_line: Bequest of Henry C. Schwab


title: Lamp Stand

credit_line: GIft of Pauline Palmer Wood


title: Cloud-Shaped Pillow with Fish

date: Jin dynasty (1115–1234), 12th/13th century

medium: Cizhou ware; stoneware, slip-coated, with underglaze painting in iron brown slip

subjects:
Fish
Stoneware
China
Chinese (culture or style)
Asian art
Ceramic
Decorative arts


title: Model of a Counterweight (Quan or Huanzhen)

date: Eastern Zhou dynasty, Warring States period (480–221 B.C.), 4th/3rd century B.C.

medium: Glazed buff stoneware with incised and impressed decoration

credit_line: Russell Tyson Fund


title: Sword Guard with Floral Design

creator: India

date: 18th century

medium: Jade

country: India

subjects:
Jade
India
Flowers
South asian
Asian art
Decorative arts

credit_line: Edward and Louise B. Sonnenschein Collection


title: Covered Potiche

subjects:
Jade
India
South asian
Asian art
Decorative arts


title: Cloud-Shaped Pillow

date:
Northern Song dynasty (960–1127),
late 10th century

medium: Cizhou ware; stoneware, slip-coated with underglaze marbled, inlaid, and impressed decoration

subjects:
Stoneware
China
Chinese (culture or style)
Ceramic
Asian art
Decorative arts

credit_line: Purchased with funds provided by Otto C. Deering


title: Writing Brush and Cover

date: Late Ming（1368-1644）or early Qing（1644-1912）dynasty

medium: Cinnabar Lacquer

subjects: Lacquer China

credit_line: Gift of Weston Family Foundation


title: Gunpowder Primer Flask with Composite Water Buffalo, Boar, and Antelope

date: 17th/18th century

medium: Ivory with metal

subjects:
Ivory
India
South asian
Asian art
Decorative arts

credit_line: James W. and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection. Gift of Marilynn Alsdorf


title: Ivory glazed 'lotus' jar and cover

creator: Vietnam

medium: Stoneware

country: Vietnam

subjects: Jar Vietnam Stoneware

credit_line: Arts of Asia Discretionary Fund


title: Bowl with Green Glaze

date: Tran-Le dynasty, 14th/15th century

medium: Stoneware with mold impressed design and green lead glaze

subjects: Bowl Vietnam Stoneware


title: Palette with Sea Nymph (Nereid) Riding on a Sea Monster

creator: Pakistan

date: 1st century B.C./early 1st century A.D.

medium: Gray chloritic schist

country: Gandhara

subjects:
Schist
Gandhara
South asian
Stone
Sculpture
Asian art
Gandharan
Decorative arts

credit_line: Gift of Marilynn B. Alsdorf


title: Stoneware with Mold Impressed Design and Dark Brown Glaze

date: Tran-Le dynasty, 14th- 15th Century

medium: Stoneware with mold impressed design and iron glaze


title: Women at Leisure

date: Qing dynasty (1644–1911), 19th century

medium: Fan (shovel-shaped); ink and colors on silk; wood handle, ivory tip

subjects:
Fan
China
Silk (textile)
Chinese (culture or style)
Ivory
Ink
Accessorie (object genre)
Asian art
Costume

credit_line: Bequest of Russell Tyson


title: The Moon Palace

medium: Fan (shovel-shaped); ink and colors on silk

subjects:
Fan
China
Silk (textile)
Chinese (culture or style)
Ink
Accessorie (object genre)
Asian art
Costume


title: Peonies and Magnolia 贴花木雕柄团扇

creator: Artist unknown

date: Qing dynasty (1644–1912), 19th century

medium:
Fan; painted feathers on silk, with brocade-
wrapped frame and gold fitting, carved

boxwood handle, and silk tassels


title: Pure Objects 清品竹柄团扇

creator: Artist Unknown

medium: Fan; ink and colors on silk, with bamboo handle

subjects:
Fan
China
Silk (textile)
Chinese (culture or style)
Ink
Accessorie (object genre)
Asian art
Decorative arts


title: Flowers and Leaves

medium: Fan (ovoid); ink and colors on silk, bamboo-style handle, ivory tip

subjects:
Fan
China
Flowers
Silk (textile)
Chinese (culture or style)
Ivory
Ink
Accessorie (object genre)
Asian art
Costume


title: Lin Hejing Feeding a Crane in a Plum Grove 林和靖养鹤图牙柄团扇

creator: Liu Baojun

medium:
Fan; ink and colors on silk, with bamboo-and-
ivory handle


title: Narcissus

date: Qing dynasty (1644–1911), late 19th century

medium: Fan (round); openwork gauze, lacquered wood handle

subjects:
Fan
China
Chinese (culture or style)
Ink
Accessorie (object genre)
Asian art
Costume


title: Red-Whiskered Bulbul and Azaleas in Moonlight 花鸟竹柄团扇

date: Qing dynasty (1644–1912), late 19th century

medium:
Fan; ink and color on silk, with bamboo-and-
ivory handle and knotted-silk and silk-floss tassels


title: Immortals in Clouds 云中仙人漆柄团扇

creator: Chen Yongqi

medium:
Fan; ink and color on gilded paper, with
bamboo handle


title: Scholar with Servant Holding a Qin 人物竹柄团扇

medium: Fan; ink and color on silk, with bamboo handle