Artworks

Manchu

Silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped silk, slit and dovetailed tapestry weave with interlaced outlining wefts; painted details; lined with silk, warp-float faced 7:1 satin weave · 1700

Manchu

Silk, gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper strips, and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped silk, warp float faced 2:1 'S' twill weave with weft-float faced 1:2 'S' twill interlacings of secondary binding warps and supplementary patterning and brocading wefts; lined with silk, 4:1 satin damask weave · 1700

Han-Chinese

Silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped silk, slit tapestry weave with interlaced outlining wefts; pieced; painted details; edged with silk, warp-float faced 4:1 satin weave; lined with silk, plain weave · 1700

Manchu

Silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped silk, slit and dovetailed tapestry weave with interlaced outlining wefts; painted details; lined with silk, warp-float faced 7:1 satin weave · 1700

Han-Chinese

Silk, warp-float faced 7:1 satin weave; embroidered with silk, peacock-feather-wrapped silk, gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped silk, and gold-leaf-over-lacquered paper in surface satin stitches; laid work and couching; appliquéd with forms of silk, plain weaves between two layers of paper, some with gold- and silver-leaf-over-lacquered paper, and embroidered with silk in chain and knot stitches, needle looping with laid thread and darned bars, and silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped silk, laid work and couching; edged with cotton, plain weave; lined with ramie, plain weave; metal button · 1700

Manchu

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 · 1675

Manchu

center panel and inner borders: silk, gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper strips, and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped silk, warp-float faced 7:1 satin weave with supplementary brocading wefts bound in weft-float faced 1:3 'S' twill interlacings; outer border: silk, warp-float faced 5:1 twill weave with weft-float faced 1:2 'Z' twill interlacings of secondary binding warps and supplementary patterning wefts; lined with cotton, plain weave · 1650

Han-Chinese

Silk, gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped silk, and peacock feathers, slit tapestry weave with interlaced outlining; silk, 1:1 plain oblique interlaced tapes; lined with silk, warp-float faced 4:1 satin weave · 1650

Ferdinando Tacca

Bronze with traces of red-gold lacquer · 1640

Giambologna

Bronze, with red-brown lacquer patina · 1630

Severo da Ravenna

bronze//Heavy black lacquer rubbed locally over medium brown bronze · 1601

Niccolò Roccatagliata

Bronze, dark brown wax or lacquer patina. · 1600

Niccolò Roccatagliata

Bronze, dark brown wax or lacquer patina. · 1600

Francesco Fanelli

Copper alloy, covered with a dark brown lacquer patina. · 1600

Islamic

Cover: lacquered leather, Manuscript: ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper · 1600

Peter Vischer the Younger

bronze//Black lacquer (slightly rubbed on raised areas) over medium brown bronze · 1515

Antico

Bronze, with remains of dark brown lacquer · 1505

Francesco di Giorgio Martini

bronze//Dark patina (black lacquer somewhat rubbed over rich reddish-brown bronze) · 1475

Pisanello

Bronze (yellowish copper alloy with brown patina and traces of black lacquer or wax) · 1446

Joshun

Cypress with lacquer, color, gold, cut gold, rock-crystal inlaid eyes, and quartz · 1269

Yeki-ko

containers, decorative arts, box and lid — mother-of-pearl, ivory, silver, lacquer, wood

Shibata Zeshin

Hanging scroll; lacquer on paper