Antique Advent

Of his activity as a sculptor, for what little we can understand from the remaining works, the Carboni turns out to be among the most interesting figures after the advent of Antonio ...

The colors appear to be applied by hand, which was a common practice before the advent of color printing. The precision of these engravings suggests they were done by a skilled artis...

Though the earliest mention of palanquin dates to the 3rd century BCE in the epic poem Ramayana, the height of usage occurred during the Mughal era from the 16th through 19th centuri...

Guaranteed to elevate any desk, this remarkable inkstand dates to the 19th century, France, almost certainly top-tier Parisian master ébéniste work, exceptionally executed grand and ...

The custom flourished from about 1660 until the advent of large-scale rail transit in the 1840s, and was associated with a standard itinerary.

Gaspard Edmond Lavrate (Orleans, 1829 - Paris 1888) French lithographer, anticlerical draftsman, inventor of the "affiche" advertisements. With the advent of the Republic, the drafts...

The custom flourished from about 1660 until the advent of large-scale rail transit in the 1840s, and was associated with a standard itinerary.

It is generally believed that rug making in Anatolia began with the advent of the Seljuks in the 11th century. By the 15th century, rugs were being produced by factories and independ...

It is generally believed that rug making in Anatolia began with the advent of the Seljuks in the 11th century. By the 15th century, rugs were being produced by factories and independ...

Stars were another matter. Until the advent of electric machines that could execute a zigzag stitch, in the 1890’s, these were far easier to appliqué by hand.

Together they express the hope in redemption thanks to the advent of Christ and his sacrifice to come. Above the main scene, up a cliff, a small shepherd lets his herd of sheep g...

Their name was almost synonymous with puppetry, and they were credited with every innovation in marionette theatre. Then, with the advent of cinema, their business suffered a rapid d...

It is generally believed that rug making in Anatolia began with the advent of the Seljuks in the 11th century. By the 15th century, rugs were being produced by factories and independ...

The custom flourished from about 1660 until the advent of large-scale rail transit in the 1840s, and was associated with a standard itinerary.

Small movable forms such as this with specific functions had become very fashionable in the middle of the century with the advent of certain London cabinet makers. Up until this tim...

This cup was presented by the French government to one of the first-prize winners at the 1878 Exposition Universelle. It was with the advent of the Art Nouveau style at the very end...

Moreover, his latest work, theatrical and reflective of his Italian roots, was generally ignored, eclipsed by the new taste for Regionalist painting and by the advent of Abstract Exp...