M.S. Rau at Palm Beach Jewelry, Art & Antique Show 2019

361-15\nNecklace; cotton, glass; l. (doubled over) 28 cm.; ca. 1880.\nThis necklace features a variety of seed and trade beads, many of irregular shape. Necklaces were a common fas...

The cloth is worn as a wraparound skirt by important Bushoong women during rituals and ceremonies. Often the cloth is wrapped with a band or belt around the top, over which the clo...

Unlike the Hudson River artists who, encouraged by the aesthetic categories of the sublime and the picturesque, centred on striking nature settings full of cataracts and large moun...

This ornament was worn by the Tekke-Turkmen on their backs and attached to their hair. The decoration consists of eight coralins in various sizes, of which seven are cabochons, and...

This ornament was worn by the Tekke-Turkmen on their backs and attached to their hair. The piece is decorated with five cornalines and gilded vines. The central field has a decorat...

Jewish brides in Herat wore gold jewelry in the Persian Qajar style, with painted enamel and precious stone inlay. This distinguished them from their Muslim counterparts, who wore ...

Clothing pin (fibula) with a rosette motif. This type of clothing pin is worn by Berber women in the Middle Atlas region. Besides being used to tie wrapping cloths the clothing pin...

Eugène Boudin’s exceptional ability to observe and record the fleeting effects of nature earned him a place as a precursor of the Impressionists. Though in palette and technique he...