Antique 1500s

The Spanish began harvesting in Latin American forests in the early 1500s to provide timber for boatbuilding and repair.

Today, it is no longer mere building material bur remains a sculptural curiosity that brings the wit, mystery, and architectural soul of 1500s France into the modern curated home. S...

The Spanish began harvesting in Latin American forests in the early 1500s to provide timber for boatbuilding and repair.

Beginning in the early 1500s since navigation by Ferdinand Magellan, such a man would have traveled with a Portuguese, Spanish, or Dutch fleet of international sailors and documentar...

The Spanish began harvesting in Latin American forests in the early 1500s to provide timber for boatbuilding and repair.

Ridolfo soon gained a measure of independence within the Ghirlandaio bottega, and several paintings of the early 1500’s commissioned from Davide would appear to be by his nephew.

The Spanish began harvesting in Latin American forests in the early 1500s to provide timber for boatbuilding and repair.

These details help pin the "cartoon" (the design template) to the late 1500s. Technical Details Origin: Likely Oudenarde (Belgium).

The Spanish began harvesting in Latin American forests in the early 1500s to provide timber for boat building and repair.

A special type of scissors was developed to cut the dried berry.Portuguese traders began importing betel nuts into Europe in the 1500s, but they never caught on as did tea and coffee.

Before the widespread influence of Gerard Mercator and Abraham Ortelius in the later 1500s, maps like this one were produced using woodblock printing and displayed a schematic view o...

The Spanish began harvesting in Latin American forests in the early 1500s to provide timber for boatbuilding and repair.

The Spanish began harvesting in Latin American forests in the early 1500s to provide timber for boatbuilding and repair.

The Spanish began harvesting in Latin American forests in the early 1500s to provide timber for boat building and repair.

The Spanish began harvesting in Latin American forests in the early 1500s to provide timber for boatbuilding and repair.

The Spanish began harvesting in Latin American forests in the early 1500s to provide timber for boatbuilding and repair.

The Spanish began harvesting in Latin American forests in the early 1500s to provide timber for boatbuilding and repair.

The betel nut's journey includes Portuguese traders importing it into Europe in the 1500s, although it didn't gain the popularity of tea and coffee.

The Spanish began harvesting in Latin American forests in the early 1500s to provide timber for boatbuilding and repair.

So then the choice of a non-perishable support such as canvas or wood could be read as a "passage of degree" of painting in the field of incorruptible stone. At around 1500s and 1600...

This example consists of a richly engraved horseshoe-shaped loop with a broad cutter and tapering round handles terminating in knobs.Portuguese traders began importing betel nuts int...

Although Bidjar was first mentioned in the 1500’s when the region was annexed with Armenia by Safavid forces, archaeological evidence of domestic technology and weaving implements da...

We also found in The British Museum collection even smaller c.1500s cast, high-relief, engraved, chased, soldered, layered, riveted and/or gilded English men’s-cap jewelry (such as t...

The Spanish began harvesting in Latin American forests in the early 1500s to provide timber for boatbuilding and repair.

In the book " Signs, signs and symbols " by John Foley it is mentioned that "Since the goat is very hardy and likes to climb mountains, it thrived well in the mountainous Hälsingland...

Swatow- ware ( or Zhangzhou ware) refers to a type of Chinese export porcelain produced in Fujian province , primarily for Southeast Asia and Japanese markets from 1500 to 1600's . O...

Literature: Hatton Gallery, Old Master Drawings (s.n., 1964) Hatton Gallery, Italian and Other Drawings, 1500-1800 (s.n., 1974) Exhibition history: Newcastle upon Tyne, Hatton Gal...

Stone furniture came into its own in China during the Ming dynasty and was treated more as an architectural element of a Chinese garden rather than as furniture. China, Ming period,...

FACTORY / HOUSE: Rolex Watch Company STYLE / REFERENCE: Oyster Perpetual Date / Reference 1500 METAL / MATERIAL: Stainless Steel CIRCA / YEAR: 1970's DIMENSIONS / SIZE: Length 41mm x...