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Whalebone Owl
View through The Met
Whalebone ivory, Inuit
The Michael C. Rockefeller Wing, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, Gift of James A. Houston 1969
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Dinner dress made of jacquard-woven silk with a realistic design of clusters of oranges on a black ground, trimmed in front with silk ribbon and black machine lace. The bodice is supported with whalebone strips, Great Britain, 1890-1895. Dinner dress made
Dinner dress made of jacquard-woven silk with a realistic design of clusters of oranges on a black ground, trimmed in front with silk ribbon and black machine lace. The bodice is supported with whalebone strips, Great Britain, 1890-1895. Dinner dress made
Dinner dress made of jacquard-woven silk with a realistic design of clusters of oranges on a black ground, trimmed in front with silk ribbon and black machine lace. The bodice is s...
Evening dress of brocaded silk, fabric woven in Spitalfields, London, 1770s, and the dress made in 1840s. Short sleeved evening dress of brocaded silk lined with cotton and whalebone strips, and with a low round neck and long pointed bodice. Brocaded sil
Evening dress of brocaded silk, fabric woven in Spitalfields, London, 1770s, and the dress made in 1840s. Short sleeved evening dress of brocaded silk lined with cotton and whalebone strips, and with a low round neck and long pointed bodice. Brocaded sil
Evening dress of brocaded silk, fabric woven in Spitalfields, London, 1770s, and the dress made in 1840s. Short sleeved evening dress of brocaded silk lined with cotton and whalebo...
Bodice, altered, green silk satin, lined with glazed cotton, British, 1840s-1850s. Green bodice with short sleeves and décolleté neckline. The waist at the front and back ends in a deep point. The bodice fastens at the back like a corset. The whalebone su
Bodice, altered, green silk satin, lined with glazed cotton, British, 1840s-1850s. Green bodice with short sleeves and décolleté neckline. The waist at the front and back ends in a deep point. The bodice fastens at the back like a corset. The whalebone su
Bodice, altered, green silk satin, lined with glazed cotton, British, 1840s-1850s. Green bodice with short sleeves and décolleté neckline. The waist at the front and back ends in a...
Day dress consisting of a jacket bodice and skirt made of moiré silk, Great Britain, ca. 1858. Day dress consisting of a jacket bodice and skirt made of moiré silk. The bodice is trimmed with chenille, fastens with metal buttons and is lined with silk, co
Day dress consisting of a jacket bodice and skirt made of moiré silk, Great Britain, ca. 1858. Day dress consisting of a jacket bodice and skirt made of moiré silk. The bodice is trimmed with chenille, fastens with metal buttons and is lined with silk, co
Day dress consisting of a jacket bodice and skirt made of moiré silk, Great Britain, ca. 1858. Day dress consisting of a jacket bodice and skirt made of moiré silk. The bodice is t...
Whalebone panel showing the Ascension
Whalebone panel showing the Ascension
A whalebone panel showing the Ascension. 12th century AD.The figure of Christ is shown rising into the sky with a dove on the right-hand side. Two angels are shown directly underne...
print (colour woodcut): ["Owl and Crescent Moon"]
print (colour woodcut): ["Owl and Crescent Moon"]
Against a grey sky the owl is just about to fly off from a branch that extends from the bottom right to the top left of the composition. The moon is in bright contrast to the sky a...
Of the Athenian Owl II
Of the Athenian Owl II
The book as a theoretical concept and as an object is a key element in Mitrentse's work. Its history, part of the history of the whole civilization, nowadays tends to become a part...