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
Traditional enamelers of India at work. The art of enameling.
Category: Asia
Costume and fashion history of Asia. Manners and Customs. Collected from rare sources.
A Procession of the Emperor Akbar Shah II surrounded by his 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.
High dignitaries of the Mughal Empire. India, 17th century.
Murad Bakhsh, Imperial Prince, son of Shah Jahan and brother of the Grand Mogul Aurangzeb. Ruler of Delhi. Indian prince, governor of the Grand Mogul.
Emperor of the dynasty of the Grand Moguls. Prince of the Rajputs.
India. Emperor of the dynasty of the Grand Moguls. Rajput Prince. Historical portraits. Azem Shah, Shah Alem.
India. The Rajputs. Portraits of the last rulers of the Kingdom of Telingana.
The illustrations belong to the 17th century and are part of a series of portraits of the last rulers of the Kingdom of Telingana, of which Golkonda was the capital.
Embroidered Fukusa. Japan ornamental arts. Silk and gold brocade.
Japan embroidery. Fukusa. Border with silk and gold brocade executed in opus plumarium stitches. The ornamental arts of Japan by George Ashdown Audsley.
Japan. Ornamental arts. Rich Fabrics for obi or girdle. 19th century.
The fabrics here illustrated show two styles of artistic treatment; the ground of one being uniformly purple-black, produced by the silk warp ; while the ground of the other is in bands of different colours, produced, with the exception of those in black, by the silk threads of the woof
Oriental Rug of the second or third quarter of the sixteenth century.
Oriental Rug probably from northern Persia. The arrangement of the arabesques in the main field is one of the most ingenious in Persian rugs.
Japan. The natives and the conquerors. Ainu and Japanese. Weapons.
Japan. The natives and the conquerors. Ainu and Japanese. Combat and fencing armor. – Various Weapons. Soldiers, Craftsmen, Coolis.
Asia. Costumes of Persia and Asia Minor. Furniture. Phrygian cap.
The Phrygian cap. Armenian tiara. The weapons of the Parthians. The costumes of Persia. Armenian. Pearl embroidered mitre. Anaxyrides. Amazons. The mitre and crown. Furniture.
