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Woman's Ao (Short Robe)
Han-Chinese
Silk, warp-float faced 7:1 satin weave; embroidered with silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped silk in knot, single satin, and satin stitches; laid work and couching; sleeve bands: silk, warp-float faced 7:1 satin weave; embroidered with silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped cotton in herringbone, knot, single satin, satin, and stem stitches; laid work and couching; ribbons: silk and gold- and silver-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped cotton, warp-float faced 7:1 satin weave self-patterned by main warp floats; trimmed with silk, warp-float faced 4:1 satin weave; lined with silk, plain weave · 1800
Art Institute of Chicago
Pair of Pellet-Lock Pistols with Case with Accessories
Charles Willard Moore
pistols: steel, wood (walnut), platinum, brass; case: wood (mahogany), textile, brass, bone, paper; powder flask: brass; bullet mold: steel; nipple wrench: wood (mahogany?), brass, steel; ramrod: wood (mahogany?), bronze, steel; spare nipples: steel; spare firing pins: steel · 1800
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Bedcover
Sisters of the Honorable Amos Patterson
Wool, twill weave; embroidered with wool in buttonhole, herringbone, Roumanian, satin and stem stitches; edged with fringe · 1793
Art Institute of Chicago
Hot Water Urn
Auguste Le Sage, British, active London 1769 – 1780s
metalwork, decorative arts, hot water urn — silver, bone · 1770
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Sampler
Charlotte Guerin
Linen, plain weave; embroidered with silk in cross, herringbone, stem, satin, and chain stitches; edged with cotton, plain weave · 1765
Art Institute of Chicago
Ladle
Benjamin Halsted
Silver, whalebone(?), thread · 1760
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Desk
Abraham Roentgen
gild on rosewood (wood), maple (wood), ebony (wood), satinwood (wood), ivory, cherry (wood), bone (material), tin (metal), mother of pearl, rosewood (wood), copper (metal), steel (alloy), tortoise shell, wood (plant material), walnut (hardwood), bronze (metal), oak (wood), silver (metal) · 1758
Rijksmuseum
Desk
Abraham Roentgen
gild on rosewood (wood), maple (wood), ebony (wood), satinwood (wood), ivory, cherry (wood), bone (material), tin (metal), mother of pearl, rosewood (wood), copper (metal), steel (alloy), tortoise shell, wood (plant material), walnut (hardwood), bronze (metal), oak (wood), silver (metal) · 1758
Rijksmuseum
Knife with Triangular Pattern Ivory and Bone Handle
London Cutler's Company
cutlery, decorative arts, knife — steel, silver, gold, ivory, bone · 1610
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Knife with Triangular Pattern Ivory and Bone Handle
London Cutler's Company
cutlery, decorative arts, knife — steel, silver, gold, ivory, bone · 1610
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Knife with Triangular Pattern Ivory and Bone Handle
London Cutler's Company
cutlery, decorative arts, knife — steel, silver, gold, ivory, bone · 1610
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Knife with Triangular Pattern Ivory and Bone Handle
London Cutler's Company
cutlery, decorative arts, knife — steel, silver, gold, ivory, bone · 1610
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Knife with Triangular Pattern Ivory and Bone Handle
London Cutler's Company
cutlery, decorative arts, knife — steel, silver, gold, ivory, bone · 1610
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Knife with Triangular Pattern Ivory and Bone Handle
London Cutler's Company
cutlery, decorative arts, knife — steel, silver, gold, ivory, bone · 1610
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Incised Container for Lime with Monkey Stopper
Ica
Gourd with string [and bone stopper] · 1000
Art Institute of Chicago
Balance-Beam Scale with Geometric Cut-out Motifs and String holding Shell Pendants
Nasca
Bone, string, and shell · 500
Art Institute of Chicago
Balance-Beam Scale with Incised Circles and Strings Attached
Nasca
Bone and string · 500
Art Institute of Chicago
Pair of Protomes Depicting the Forepart of a Griffin
Ancient Greek
Bronze with bone or ivory inlay · -625
Art Institute of Chicago
Animal in the Form of a Pangolin
Achille Lega
Bone
Art Institute of Chicago
Animal in the Form of a Pangolin
Silvestro Lega
Bone
Art Institute of Chicago
Saucer
Spode Ceramic Works, English, established 1776
ceramics, decorative arts, saucer — porcelain (possibly bone china), vitreous enamel
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Cup
Spode Ceramic Works, English, established 1776
ceramics, decorative arts, cup — porcelain (possibly bone china), vitreous enamel
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Cup and Saucer
Spode Ceramic Works, English, established 1776
ceramics, decorative arts, cup and saucer — porcelain (possibly bone china), vitreous enamel
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Cup
Minton Ceramics Manufactory, English, established 1796
ceramics, decorative arts, cup — porcelain (probably bone china), vitreous enamel, gold
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum