This vambrace is part of a pair with 1959.199.B. The vambrace consists of two parts. The first is a large, curved plate, made of steel, which was meant to protect the outside of th...

Dastana (Vambrace)

This vambrace is part of a pair with 1959.199.A. The vambrace consists of two parts. The first is a large, curved plate, made of steel, which was meant to protect the outside of th...

Armorial Millefleurs

This armorial tapestry depicts two date palms floating on a mille-fleurs ground (date palms, which grow straight and erect, were an emblem of piety). Halfway between the palm trees...

Paper fan, England, 1715-1730. Fan with leaf of paper, painted rather stiffly in a dark-toned gouache with a brown and green ground. The top of the leaf has a formal, gilt, scalloped border filled with floral decoration. On the left is an oak with a head,

Paper fan, England, 1715-1730. Fan with leaf of paper, painted rather stiffly in a dark-toned gouache with a brown and green ground. The top of the leaf has a formal, gilt, scallop...

Captain Hood’s gold and hardstone armorial fob seal, Captain Hood’s gold and hardstone armorial fob seal (ca. 1790)

Gold and hard stone, 1 1/2 in...

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Armorial Plate (tondino): The story of King Midas

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