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Edmond About
Nadar (Gaspard Félix Tournachon)
Woodburytype, from the periodical “Galerie Contemporaine Littéraire, Artistique” (1879), volume 8 · 1853
Art Institute of Chicago
Antoine Gustave Droz (French writer, 1832-1895)
Nadar (Gaspard Félix Tournachon)
Woodburytype, from the periodical “Galerie Contemporaine Littéraire, Artistique” (1877), volume 4 · 1853
Art Institute of Chicago
Élie-Louis, duc Decazes (French statesman and diplomat, 1819-1886)
Nadar (Gaspard Félix Tournachon)
Woodburytype, from the periodical “Galerie Contemporaine Littéraire, Artistique” (1877), volume 2 · 1853
Art Institute of Chicago
Bamboo
Kishi Ganku
Pair of six-panel screens; ink and gold leaf on paper · 1850
Art Institute of Chicago
Twelve Poetic Immortals and Their Poems
Tamechika Reizei
Pair of six-panel screens; ink, colors, and gold on paper · 1850
Art Institute of Chicago
Shirt (Camisa)
Maya
Cotton; warp-faced plain weave in stripes formed by paired warps and wefts; inset sleeves with embroiderd decorations · 1850
Art Institute of Chicago
Pair of finger plates
A.W.N. Pugin, English
metalwork, decorative arts, pair of finger plates — brass · 1845
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Side chair
L.N. Cottingham
furniture, decorative arts, side chair — oak · 1844
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Dragon and Tiger
Kishi Ganku
Pair of six panel screens; ink and gold on paper · 1835
Art Institute of Chicago
Orchid
Watanabe Kazan
leaf from a pair of folding albums; ink and light color on paper · 1830
Cleveland Museum of Art
Portrait of a Gentleman
George Catlin
Watercolor on ivory in gilded copper locket; hair reserve verso · 1830
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
War Shirt
Missouri
Deer hide, ermine tails, glass pony beads, hair, porcupine quills, and trade cloth · 1830
Art Institute of Chicago
Mr. Hagner
Daniel Dickinson
Watercolor on ivory in gilded copper locket; hair reserve verso · 1825
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Portrait of a Gentleman
Daniel Dickinson
Watercolor on ivory in gilded copper case; hair reserve verso · 1822
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Charles Leland
Daniel Dickinson
Watercolor on ivory in gilded copper locket; hair reserve verso · 1822
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Armchair with slip seat
John Hewitt, American
furniture, decorative arts, armchair with slip seat — turned joined mahogany-veneered oak, horse hair upholstery (probably replaced) · 1820
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Side chair and slip seat
John Hewitt, American
furniture, decorative arts, side chair and slip seat — mahogany,poplar,horse hair · 1820
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Side Chair
John Hewitt, American
furniture, decorative arts, side chair — wood (mahogany), wood (poplar), horse hair (seat) · 1820
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Chair
John Hewitt, American
furniture, decorative arts, chair — wood (mahogany), wood (poplar), horse hair · 1820
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Chair
John Hewitt, American
furniture, decorative arts, chair — wood (mahogany and poplar), horse hair · 1820
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Side chair
John Hewitt, American
furniture, decorative arts, side chair — mahogany, poplar, horse hair · 1820
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Mount Horai
Kano Isen'in
Pair of handscrolls; ink and colors on silk · 1809
Art Institute of Chicago
Portrait of Sir Thomas Baring, 2nd Baronet
George Engleheart
watercolor on ivory in a gilt metal frame with plaited brown hair in glazed reserve on back · 1803
Cleveland Museum of Art
Ceremonial Waist Sash (ikak pinggang)
Minangkabau
Cotton, silk, and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped cotton, bands of plain weave, plain weave with supplementary patterning wefts, and bands of interlocking tapestry weave; ends of wool, plain weave; fulled; underlaid with cotton, plain weave; embroidered with cotton and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped cotton in laidwork and paper padded couching; embellished with gold-colored-metal spangles; edged with tape of cotton and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped cotton, and gilt-metal strip; plain weave with secondary binding warps and supplementary patterning wefts; underlaid with tape of cotton, plain weave with extended paired weft and gilt-metal coil fringe · 1801
Art Institute of Chicago