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- Title
- Panel of Bizarre Silk
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, France
- Physical Description
- This brilliant coral-colored silk features an elaborate brocaded pattern consisting of exuberant sprays of flowers in yellow, blue, white, and gold thread joined to bunches of fruit and other ornament woven with silver thread. The ground is enlivened by a damask pattern of more schematic vegetal and geometric ornament that echoes these dominant motifs.
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1700-1715
- Accession Number
- 1972/2.237
- Medium and Support
- silk, silver and gold threads
- relevance
- rank 18.88678
- Title
- Leaf from a Book of Hours
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, France
- Physical Description
- This manuscript page contains a column of Latin text surrounded by generous margins. A pair of slender flowers with small green leaves run the length of the text along the left margin. Three decorated initials appear on the left edge of the text block. Each initial is painted gold on a pink and blue ground with white scrollwork and enclosed within a frame. Two rectangular line-fillers, colored pink and blue with white scrollwork, appear in the right half of the text column.
- Century
- 15th century
- Object Creation Date
- 1400-1425
- Accession Number
- 1993/2.9
- Medium and Support
- ink, tempera and gold on parchment
- relevance
- rank 18.88678
- Title
- Tureen with floral patterns and glass knob
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, France
- Physical Description
- This ovoid tureen stands on four curved, leaf-like feet that sprout upward and join together to form a pair of handles at either end of the vessel. The body of the tureen, composed of gentle undulating curves, is decorated with bright red and yellow flowers and leaves painted with overglaze enamel. A scallion, modeled in relief, rests bundled together with sprigs of parsley on top of the lid, introducing a playful trompe-l'oeil element. An onion forms the knob on the top of the lid.
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1750
- Accession Number
- 1969/2.41
- Medium and Support
- tin-glazed earthenware (faience) with overglaze enamel
- relevance
- rank 18.88678
- Title
- Leaf from a Bible with Daniel in the lions' den aided by the prophet Habakuk
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, France
- Physical Description
- Two columns of Latin text fill this page taken from a bible manuscript. A painting in a gold rectangular frame is located in the lower right column. An angel descends from a blue semicircular disc in the upper right corner of the painting and grasps a larger figure by the hair with both hands. This second figure holds a jug in his left hand and a plate with bread in his right. A third figure, dressed in a white robe, reaches up toward this larger figure from an enclosure below. He appears against a black background and four gray animal heads overlap his torso.
- Century
- 13th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1290
- Accession Number
- 1993/2.10
- Medium and Support
- ink, tempera and gold on parchment
- relevance
- rank 18.88678
- Title
- Rose Floral Base Inkwell, French, with stand, two inkwells, rose floral base, faience gallery top
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, France
- Physical Description
- A porcelain inkwell of white colour in rectangular shape. It has two lid cover on the top and a place in front as pen stand. The inkwell is decorated with patterns of flowers and rose.
- Object Creation Date
- 1875-1975
- Accession Number
- 2010/1.306
- Medium and Support
- glass, metal
- relevance
- rank 18.88678
- Title
- Barber's basin with birds and vegetal ornament
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, France
- Physical Description
- This oval-shaped ceramic vessel features a wide, steep rim surrounding a large well in the center. The scalloped edges of the rim are cut back into a deep semicircle on one side. The rim is painted in underglaze blue and yellow with plant and floral motifs that are arranged in a whimsical, asymmetrical fashion around the edge. The well is decorated with similar vegetal motifs and two vaguely stork-like birds with long legs that confront one another on a strip of turf.
- Century
- 18th century
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1750
- Accession Number
- 1969/2.39
- Medium and Support
- tin-glazed earthenware (faience) with yellow and blue underglaze
- relevance
- rank 18.88678