Artworks

David

Spruce, ebony, ivory, tortoiseshell, mother-of-pearl · 1725

Josef Haller

Steel, silver, walnut, horn, staghorn, and mother-of-pearl · 1715

Kuba

Raffia, plain weave; pieced; embroidered in lateral looping and stem stitches; couching joined by pearl stitches; edged with lateral looping stitches · 1701

Antonio Stradivari

Maple, spruce, ebony, mother of pearl · 1694

Paulus Aertsz van Ravesteyn, Netherlandish

embroidery & stitching, book with embroidered cover — medium: paper, silk, metal, pearls technique: embroidered · 1628

Rebecca Stonier Plaisted

Silk, warp-float faced satin weave; embroidered with silk floss, silk yarns, and silk-wrapped-metal purl in brick, bullion, Ceylon, chain, knot, lattice filling, overcast, running, satin, Smyrna cross, tent, and a variety of buttonhole stitches; laid work, couching, and padded couching; French and Turkey knots; applied areas of linen, plain weave; seed pearls, coral beads, and mica; and silk, plain weave with ground weft fringe; edged with gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk and gilt-metal strip, plain weave; silver hardware; wooden frame; lined with marbled paper; silk, plain weave; and silk, plain weave with supplementary pile warps forming cut solid velvet · 1628

R. W. Brown

Mother-of-pearl, with gilded silver mounts · 1590

W. R. Moody

Mother-of-pearl, with gilded silver mounts · 1590

P. Herbier

enameled gold, rock crystal, and a pearl · 1580

Etienne Delaune

Chalcedony, mounted in gold with enamel, rubies, emeralds, diamond, and pearl · 1545

Etienne Delaune, French

Chalcedony, mounted in gold with enamel, rubies, emeralds, diamond, and pearl · 1545

Giovanni Jacopo Caraglio

Sardonyx, with inlaid gold and silver details; mounted in 19th century frame as a pendant in gold, with enamel, pearl and ruby · 1525

Giovanni Jacopo Caraglio

Sardonyx, with inlaid gold and silver details; mounted in 19th century frame as a pendant in gold, with enamel, pearl and ruby · 1525

Ancient Roman

Gold, sardonyx, enamel, and pearl · 1525

Mixtec

Turquoise, earthenware, stucco, spondylus shell, mother of pearl, and iron pyrite, with pigment · 1401

French 15th Century

gold, enamel, and pearls · 1400

Ancient Roman

Cameo: sardonyx Mount: gold, pearls, and enamel · 41

Charles Bour, French

costume & accessories, pleated fan — gilded paper leaf with hand-colored lithographs framed by embossed, glazed paper, gilded and painted mother-of-pearl sticks with hand-colored lithograph, mirror with gold frame in guards, white paste jewel rivet head, gilt metal bail, silk tassel with gilt ornaments and glass beads

Carlo Giuliano, Italian

jewelry, decorative arts, brooch — gold, enamel, pearls, diamonds, emeralds

Carlo Giuliano, Italian

jewelry, decorative arts, brooch — gold, enamel, pearls

Yeki-ko

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