Artworks

Nicolaas van Orley

Wool and silk; slit, dovetailed, and double interlocking tapestry weave Warp: Count; 6 warps per cm; wool: S-ply of three Z-spun elements; diameter: 1.5 mm Weft: Count: varies from 17 to 28 wefts per cm; wool; S-ply of two Z-spun elements; pairs of S-ply ol two Z-spun elements; diameters: 0.5–1.5 mm; silk: S-ply of two Z-twisted elements; pairs of S-ply of two Z-twisted elements; diameters: 0.35–1.0 mm; wool and silk: paired yarns of S-ply of two Z-spun wool elements and S-ply of two Z-twisted silk elements; diameter: 0.8 mm · 1590

Tosa Mitsuyoshi

Pair of six-panel screens; ink, color, and gold on gilded paper · 1580

Tosa Mitsuyoshi

One of a pair of six-panel screens; ink, color, and gold on gilded paper · 1580

Tosa Mitsuyoshi

One of a pair of six-panel screens; ink, color, and gold on gilded paper · 1580

Mitsunobu

Pair of six-panel folding screens; ink, color, gold, and gold leaf on paper · 1571

Pompeo della Cesa

Steel, brass, gilding, silk velvet, horse hair, silk, and silver-gilt fringe · 1570

Mitsunobu

Pair of six-panel folding screens; ink, color, gold paint, and gold leaf on paper · 1567

Sesson Shukei

Pair of six-panel screens; ink and light color on paper · 1560

Mitsunobu

One of a pair of six-panel folding screens; ink, color, and gold on paper · 1540

Willem de Pannemaker

Wool and silk; slit, single, and double interlocking tapestry weave Warp: Count: 8 warps per cm; wool: S-ply of three Z-spun elements; diameters: 0.7–0.85 mm Weft: Count: varies from 32 to 56 wefts per cm; wool: S-ply of two Z-spun elements; diameters: 0.3–0.85 mm; silk: pairs of S-ply of two Z-twisted elements; diameters: 0.4–0.8 mm · 1540

Rosso Fiorentino

Black chalk (Rosso Fiorentino). Probably another hand reinforced minute passages with pen and brown ink, adding also a tiny area of crosshatching within the hair arrangements. An early owner of the drawing (or an artist working for him) colored the background around the figure in brush and brown wash. · 1530

Bernard van Orley

Wool and silk, slit and dovetailed tapestry weave Warp: Count: 6 warps per cm; wool: S-ply of three Z-spun elements; diameters: 0.4–0.7 mm Weft: Count: varies from 16 to 38 wefts per cm; wool: S-ply of two Z-spun elements; pairs of S-ply of two Z-spun elements; paired yarns of S-ply of two Z-spun elements and a single Z-spun element; diameters: 0.4–1.5 mm; silk: S-ply of two Z-twisted elements (may be replacement wefts); diameters: 0.4–1.0 mm; wool and silk; paired yarns of S-ply of two Z-spun wool elements and S-ply of two Z-twisted silk elements; diameters: 1.0–1.4 mm. Three-quarters of piece rewoven · 1520

Bernard van Orley

Wool and silk, slit and dovetailed tapestry weave Warp: Count: 6 warps per cm; wool: S-ply of three Z-spun elements; diameters: 0.4–0.7 mm Weft: Count: varies from 16 to 38 wefts per cm; wool: S-ply of two Z-spun elements; pairs of S-ply of two Z-spun elements; paired yarns of S-ply of two Z-spun elements and a single Z-spun element; diameters: 0.4–1.5 mm; silk: S-ply of two Z-twisted elements (may be replacement wefts); diameters: 0.4–1.0 mm; wool and silk; paired yarns of S-ply of two Z-spun wool elements and S-ply of two Z-twisted silk elements; diameters: 1.0–1.4 mm. Three-quarters of piece rewoven · 1520

Sesson Shukei

Pair of six-fold screens; ink and light color on paper · 1501

Sesson Shukei

Pair of six-fold screens; ink and light color on paper · 1501

Albrecht Dürer

pen and brown ink on laid paper; the paper has been pricked in several places with the points of a pair of compasses and indented lightly with a stylus · 1500

Antico

Bronze, partially gilt (hair) and silvered (eyes) · 1491

Master of the Unicorn Hunt

Woodcut in black, hand colored with brush, stencil and watercolor on ivory laid paper mounted on the inside cover of a coffer, constructed of wood, iron, leather, horsehair and linen · 1485

Mitsunobu

Pair of six-panel screens; ink, color, and gold leaf on paper · 1480

Chimú

Plain weave of paired warps with supplementary patterning and brocading wefts and supplementary patterning warps. Attched plain weave border and weft fringe. · 1470

Ica

cotton and camilid wool, plain weave with supplementary patterning wefts; cotton and camilid wool, single interlocking tapestry weave (paired warps); and cotton, plain weave with supplementary patterning wefts; edged with camilid wool in cross knit loop stitches; left selvage present: wefts turn on paired weft selvage cord; heading present: three heading cords · 1000

Nasca

Wool; (strap), tubular plain weave, patterned in five-color, three-span floats, warp substitution; oblique twill interlacing with paired elements; "cross-knit" looping; plain oblique interlacing with four elements; strips of tubular plain weave double cloth and five-color complementary warp weave with warp substitution; strips of plain weave double cloth and five-color complementary warp weave; oblique twill interlacing with three elements · 500

Nasca

Wool; tubular plain weave, patterned in five-color, three-span floats, warp substitution; oblique twill interlacing with paired elements; "cross-knit" looping; plain oblique interlacing with four elements; strips of tubular plain weave double cloth and five-color complementary warp weave with warp substitution strips of plain weave double cloth and five-color complementary warp weave; oblique twill interlacing with three elements · 500

Moche

Camelid hair, cotton · 500