Category: 19th Century

A calessino. Italian scenery; representing the manners, customs, and amusements of the different states of Italy.

Char-aina. Thick padded Coat with four body pieces of plate Armor.

4/16/20

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Char-aina, India, Armory, Mirror armour, cuirass

Armory of H.H. The Nawab of Tonk, Rajputana (Muhammad Ibrahim Ali Khan 1848-1930), Central India.

Byzantine Orthodox. Abyssinian. Patriarchal type. The imperial family.

4/14/20

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Byzantine, Emperor, Princes, Imperial, Orthodox, churches, Abyssinia,

Byzantium and Abyssinia. Patriarchal type. The Maronites and the Byzantine Orthodox churches. The Abyssinian Cross. Emperor of the Eastern Empire and Princes of the Imperial Family. The Tiara and the Crown.

Traditional enamelers of India at work. The art of enameling.

4/13/20

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Jaipur, Enamelers, India, craft, Thomas Holbein Hendley

Group of Jaipur Enamelers at work. (From “Jaipur Enamels,” by S. S Jacob and T. H. Hendley 1886.) In 1886 I wrote (Author T. H. Hendley) the text to accompany… Read More

A Procession of the Emperor Akbar Shah II surrounded by his court.

4/5/20

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India, Mughal Empire, Emperor Akbar Shah II, Procession, court,

The procession represents the Emperor, Akbar Shah II., surrounded by all the pomp of his court, proceeding along the edge of the Jumna river, accompanied by the British Resident and his staff. It is very characteristic of the past glories of the great Moghul House.

Icelandic Costume. Travels in Iceland during the summer of the year 1810.

4/4/20

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Travels in the island of Iceland during the summer of the year MDCCCX, by George Steuart Mackenzie a. o.

Bronze stage shoe of Ada Cavendish with Louis heel. Victorian Era.

3/20/20

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Bronze stage shoe, Ada Cavendish, Victorian Era,

Three bronze shoes, the first worn on stage by the actress Miss Ada Cavendish. Ladies’ Dress Shoes of the Nineteenth Century.

Neapolitans eating macaroni. Italian scenery, manners and customs 1809.

3/1/20

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Italia, macaroni, Neapolitans, costume, pasta,

The plate represents a country maccaronara; for so are called those public houses where nothing but macaroni is sold; and no village is without them. The Neapolitan macaroni is easily known by not being twisted like that of Genoa, but straight, or bent only at one end.

Embroidered Fukusa. Japan ornamental arts. Silk and gold brocade.

2/25/20

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Japan embroidery. Fukusa. Border with silk and gold brocade executed in opus plumarium stitches. The ornamental arts of Japan by George Ashdown Audsley.