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Six Basic Shapes for Coats of Arms
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Pen and brown ink
Drawings and Prints, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, The Elisha Whittelsey Collection The Elisha Whittelsey Fund 1949
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Mediterranée
Mediterranée
Obverse: In relief, a reclining female figure facing right on waves with sun above and amphora with olive branch below.
Reverse: Mediterranean coast line showing southern France...
Man's shirt
Man's shirt
Man's outfit; Plains Cree; 1840-1850Hide, porcupine quills, beaver toes, sinew, pigments; l. of shirt at front, 105 cm; l. of inside leggings, 115 cm.‖RMV 524-2 and 3; purchased fr...
Breechcloth
Breechcloth
Breechcloth; probably Yanktonai; 1860-1870Wool, porcupine quills, sinew, metal, horsehair, pigments; 117.5 x 28.5 cm.\RMV 710-9; Herman F.C. ten Kate collection; purchased from tra...
Armorial Millefleurs
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...
Inkstand with the coats of arms of Leiden, Delft and William III
Inkstand with the coats of arms of Leiden, Delft and William III
This inkstand was made for the Orangist Jan Knotter, a bargeman who was granted the right to navigate between Leiden and Delft in 1675. The arms of Leiden and Delft held up by lion...
Nest of Four Beakers with Cover
Nest of Four Beakers with Cover
Each beaker of slightly tapering cylindrical form applied at the shoulder with a band of reeding; three on cast spreading bases, the largest of stepped domed form with multi-balust...
Booties for mannequin
Booties for mannequin
"(Western?) Apache moccasins for a doll; buckskin, sinew, glass beads; l. (of sole) 5 cm., h. 9 cm., w. 2.5 cm.; ca. 1880.\These beaded miniature high-top moccasins with toe tabs a...