Artworks

Paminggir

Two panels joined: stripes of cotton, warp resist dyed (warp ikat), plain weave with paired warps; cotton and silk, plain weave with supplementary brocading wefts: and stripes of cotton, plain weave embroidered with silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip wrapped silk in back, chain, stem and surface satin stitches; laidwork and couching · 1801

Minangkabau

Cotton, silk, and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped cotton; in bands of plain weave, plain weave with supplementary patterning wefts and slit and dovetailed tapestry weave; ends of wool, plain weave; fulled; edged with tape of cotton and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped cotton and gilt-metal strip, plain weave with supplementary wefts; underlaid with tape of cotton, plain weave with extended paired weft and silvered-metal coil fringe · 1801

Minangkabau

Cotton, silk, and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped cotton, bands of weft-faced warp ribbed plain weave, plain weave with supplementary patterning wefts, and bands of slit tapestry weave; ends of wool, plain weave; fulled; 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

Kishi Ganku

Pair of six-panel screens; ink and gold leaf on paper · 1801

Kishi Ganku

Pair of six-panel screens; ink and gold leaf on paper · 1801

Suzuki Kiitsu

Pair of six-panel folding screens; ink, color, and gold leaf on paper · 1800

Manchu

Front and sides of irregular chair cushion. Satin stitch, stem stitch, knots and couching on yellow twill ground. Lined with coarse yellow damask. Cloud design. Front and sides of irregular chair cushion. 5 sided, 2 sides scalloped. Satin stitch, stem stitch, knots and couching on yellow twill ground. Center panel: symmetric design of lotus, bats, peonies, peaches, diamond symbols and scrolls on ground of all over blue swa etika altersating with pink quatrefoil in frame of 4 juiheads. Double gold stripe around central panel. Border and edge which covered thickness of cushion: blue scroll meander with peony, lotus, bats and diamonds. Lined with coarse yellow demask. Cloud design. · 1800

Mary Balch's School

Silk, warp-float faced 4:1 satin weave; embroidered with silk and silk chenille in split, surface satin, and stem stitches; couching; with human hair · 1800

John Smart

watercolor on ivory in a gold frame with glazed hair reverse · 1799

John Smart

watercolor on ivory in a gold frame with glazed hair reverse · 1799

John Smart

watercolor on ivory in a gold frame with glazed hair reverse · 1799

N. Freese

watercolor on ivory in a gold frame with glazed hair reverse and opalescent glass over pressed foil and cut gold (or cut paper) · 1795

Nathaniel Plimer

watercolor on ivory in a period gold and hair frame · 1795

Nathaniel Plimer

watercolor on ivory in a period gold and hair frame · 1795

Nathaniel Plimer

watercolor on ivory in a period gold and hair frame · 1795

James Peale

Watercolor on ivory (recto), sepia on ivory with human hair (verso), and gold · 1790

James Peale

Watercolor on ivory (recto), sepia on ivory with human hair (verso), and gold · 1790

Andrew Plimer

Watercolor on ivory, plaited hair on reverse · 1785

Richard Cosway, R.A.

Watercolor on ivory, with hair in gold and enamel frame with Brazilian diamonds · 1785

Maruyama Ôkyo

Pair of six-panel folding screens, ink, gold, and silver on paper · 1784

Louis Magdaleine Pluvinet, French, became master in 1775; d. 1782–1785

furniture, decorative arts, chair — gilded wood, fabric · 1780

Goshun

Pair of six-panel folding screens; ink and color on paper · 1780

Ko

One of a pair of hanging scrolls (with 1992.172); Ink and color on silk · 1775

Nixon & Co.

printed, dyed & painted textiles, fragments — medium: cotton technique: printed by engraved plate on plain weave foundation; plain weave has paired warps and paired wefts · 1775