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Creeping Baby Clockwork Doll
The view of the doll is from the side. She wears a pale yellow outfit and an open-weave bonnet with a frilly border. The baby doll is barefoot.
Dorigen of Bretaigne Longing for the Safe Return of Her Husband
The female's arms are outstretched. She's kneeling in front of either a window or a horizontal seascape painting. A pipe organ and some books are at the woman's right. The woman's long flowing gown is purple.
The Old Stage Coach
A painting depicting children playing on an old stage coach.
Still Life with Bouquet
No Description Available.
Baron Isidore Taylor
No Description Available.
The Biglin Brothers Racing
No Description Available.
Boy's dress
Boy's blue and beige/white plaid linen ankle length fitted dress. Long narrow sleeves; ruffle of fabric at the wrist. Narrow turn over collar. Dress gored front and back. Bound in velvet crossed over buttoning up the front to high neck. Double ruffles at bottom of skirt. Trimmed with velvet ribbon and jet black buttons. Lined in muslin. Plaid fabric is indigo dyed, and most likely velvet cording is also indigo dyed.
Snap the Whip (or, Snapping the Whip)
No Description Available.
Child's Dress
Child's dress of black & tan woven cotton check/plaid. Full-length, with high, rounded collar. Set in black taffeta full-length sleeves with wide cuffs of the black/tan check, secured with two mother of pearl buttons each. Natural waist. Hem with wide band of ruffled black taffeta and a plain band of black taffeta running slightly above hem. Patch pocket at right hip composed of plaid panels formed as a "vest", with black taffeta ruffle filling in center, and three non-functioning circular mother of pearl buttons on slight curve following edge of "vest" front non-functioning opening. Center back opening with 9 circular mother of pearl buttons and hook & loop at neckline.
O-daiko (Barrel Drum)
A finely decorated rooster sits atop the drum which rests on a pillow and a stand. The stand is also intricately decorated with imagery, foliage, flowers, water, patterns, and serpents.
Portrait of Count Lev Nikolaevich Tolstoy (1828-1910)
The portrait depicts a seated middle-aged man wearing a pleated green smock.
The Woman with Fans, Nina de Callias
Total view of painting depicting the woman with fans, Nina de Callias (1845-1884).
The Woman with Fans, Nina de Callias (1845-1884)
det: woman reclining on pillows
The Woman with Fans, Nina de Callias (1845-1884)
det: fan, flowers, brushwork
The Woman with Fans, Nina de Callias (1845-1884)
det: head and brushwork
Boots
Pair of boots or "High Button Shoes" of ivory kidskin leather. The shoes, designed with slightly rounded toes, button closed along outer side, with 8 domed leather-covered buttons on each shoe. Edge along buttons is scalloped, as is the upper edge of the boot. The The low, stacked heels are rounded at sides and back, and are curved at front, and taper slightly to base. Left Shoe markings: "Excelsior"
The Bridge at Argenteuil
No Description Available.
Lake Albano Sunset
A painting of Albano Lake and the surrounding landscape at sunset.
Siout, Egypt
No Description Available.
The Windmill, Amsterdam
No Description Available.
Woman's Two-piece Dress: Jacket and Skirt
Side view of nineteenth-century dress made of blue bengaline, tan taffeta and dark blue satin stripes.
The Age of Bronze
A nude male statue.
Bonnet style hat
Hat in bonnet style of black straw with downward heart shaped brim; top edge of brim trimmed in black jet beads; brown silk violet flowers and black lace accent on front. 7/8" Black taffeta ribbon ties under chin. Under brim covered with black faille.
Child's Dress
Child's dress of tan flannel with front panel of brown velvet. Long sleeves with 3" cuff of brown velvet. Turndown collar of brown velvet with pointed ends and neckline trimmed in ivory lace; collar partially detaches on right and secures with a hook & eye. Patch pockets at sides of brown velvet. Front panel has 10 tortoise shell buttons to left of panel and right side opening of 11 matching buttons with barred buttonholes. Gored in back with six small pleats at bottom of back. Hem of garment has pleated 4-1/2" border of self trimmed with 1-1/2" band of brown velvet. Lined in tan cotton.
Collar
Collar / blouse breast panel of red wool (possibly trade cloth or Stroud cloth from England) with beading. Possibly Algonquin or Iroquois. Oblong, slightly rectangular “O” created with U-shaped panel and rectangle of newer fabric added at one end. Fragments of black silk grosgrain ribbon along inside and outside perimeter, accented every ½” with three light blue and one dark blue seed beads sewn at a slight angle. Organic, floral all-over design created with blue, green, yellow, and pink seed beads applied primarily in rows of three differing colors, symmetrical on the U-shaped panel. U-shaped panel unlined, rectangular panel lined in twill fabric of natural material.
Épinette des Vosges
The five-stringed instrument's sound box is long, narrow and shallow.
Eyeglasses
Spectacles of copper(?) with oval rims.
Fan
Folding fan with mother-of-pearl sticks and guards. Leaf of white needlepoint lace backed with cream satin. Silver-colored "U" shaped bail ring at bottom.
Folding fan
Folding fan with mother-of-pearl sticks and guards. Leaf of white needlepoint lace backed with champaign satin. Silver-colored "U" shaped bail ring at bottom. Measurements: Guard: 27 cm long x 2.8 cm wide; Open: 50 cm across
Kimono
Kimono, possibly of western manufacture or has been altered. Pale pink silk with sparse embroidery of green vines and pink flowers. There are tassels on the sleeves. A panel between the back and front on the side.
Maklak boots
Traditional eskimo (Inuit, Iñupiat, or Yupik) maklak or kamik boots of brown and white fur trimmed with bands of green leather at top and white fur with inserted black fur dots below the green. Straps of leather for securing the boots wrap around the ankles and across the vamp and tie at the front of the ankle; hide soles.
Meadow
No Description Available.
Mi-gyaung
The instrument looks like a crocodile with a highly decorated surface reminiscent of the scaly hide of a reptile with a painted face and jaw.
NIghtgown front
Remnant of nightgown front of white cotton, bib shaped, high neckline with light blue silk satin ribbon, center front placket with button closure, bib trimmed in white cotton ruffled fabric surrounding alternating rows of light blue silk satin ribbons and rectangular panels of whitework floral cotton, only collar and front.
Reticule
Drawstring reticule of cream crochet embroidered with transparent, green and a few pink beads, and opaque black cut beads, in an abstract design with three leaf clovers and four leaf clovers; rope drawstring.
Study of a Female Torso in Dappled Sunlight
Painting depicting a female torso in dappled sunlight.
Tuxedo shirt
Man's tuxedo/formal shirt of white cotton with bib and cuffs of white pique cotton. Long vented sleeves with French cuffs. Banded neckline for detachable collar with plastic tab at back of neckline. Back opening with single button closure. Stamped at center front below waist: Mitoga / Kirk 28 / 848 15 2 33 Neck bears the laundry mark initials for Jonathan Hampton Kuykendall: JHK
Woman with a Parasol -- Madame Monet and Her Son
No Description Available.
Baby at Play
A painting of a baby playing with blocks.
Child's Dress
Child's dress of black wool with red paisley trim. Full length dress, with turned down collar of paisley print. Long sleeves with 4" cuffs trimmed in matching paisley print. Center front opening with 15 nonfunctional paisley covered buttons with hook & eyes underneath. Side pockets trimmed in paisley print. Center back panel is gathered at waist to give slight bustle effect and is belted in paisley print with oval buckle in black ribbed fabric. Lined in brown polished cotton.
Pimpernel
Wallpaper with floral and foliage design.
Shoes
Pair of shoes of ivory kid leather. Rounded toes, with stitched detailing on tongues and with applied leather bow at instep with many "loops" creating large "poof". Shoes of ivory kid leather. Short, modified Louis heel covered with same leather. Stamped inside left Shoe: "Mayer & Stern/ Phila. / Centennial / 1776-1876"
The Swing
Painting depicting people around a swing.
At the Fair
The painting depicts an outdoor carnival or festival with booths, sun shielded with awnings, selling items while in the background a tent is visible. Children play and men and women walk around the fair grounds. Large trees complete the background.
Cowboys Roping a Bear
This detail of the painting shows the roped bear at the center of the action in the painting.
Cowboys Roping a Bear
The painting depicts a group of cowboys twirling their lassos in an attempt to capture a bear. Two or more cowboys have already lassoed the bear that is in the center of the horizontally oriented picture. The two cowboys in the foreground are depicted in regular tones while the cowboys in the background are pale in comparison.
Morning in the Tropics
Bright sun shines into the body of water that is surrounded by heavy woods and vegetation.
Skiffs
A painting of people canoeing on a river or lake.
Horse Skeleton
The bronze relief depicts the skeleton of a horse in profile.
Little Girl in a Blue Armchair
Oil painting depicting a girl wearing a light-colored dress in a blue chair. A small dog is sleeping on a matching chair on the left side of the image and other blue chairs are visible in the background.
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