Antique Sorter

In the 19th Century, a massive industry was born supplying all sorts of trinkets, both practical and some purely decorative, to stock these Victorian daily assistants (VDA's).

The fine impressions of Vico’s Trophy series, such as this example, are of astonishing clarity and brilliance. This sort of showmanship was until recently discounted as lacking in or...

When the carpet industry was revived there under British rule in the nineteenth century, the great Mughal tradition got a new lease on life, accompanied by a new interest in the sort...

When the carpet industry was revived there under British rule in the nineteenth century, the great Mughal tradition got a new lease on life, accompanied by a new interest in the sort...

When the carpet industry was revived there under British rule in the nineteenth century, the great Mughal tradition got a new lease on life, accompanied by a new interest in the sort...

When the carpet industry was revived there under British rule in the nineteenth century, the great Mughal tradition got a new lease on life, accompanied by a new interest in the sort...

The wonderful sixty plates engraved by Bernard Picart were a sort of fashionable mythological compendium, useful in the eighteenth century, when the fascination with Greek and Roman ...

The wonderful sixty plates engraved by Bernard Picart were a sort of fashionable mythological compendium, useful in the eighteenth century, when the fascination with Greek and Roman ...

The wonderful sixty plates engraved by Bernard Picart were a sort of fashionable mythological compendium, useful in the eighteenth century, when the fascination with Greek and Roman ...

As far as we can tell, rugs of this sort continued to be woven into the 19th century although in far fewer numbers.

The Capidgi Bachi are also a kind of chamberlains, or masters of the ceremonies, as they introduce those who are admitted to an audience of the Grand Seignior, and, in fine, execute ...

The cloisonné, also called lustre of Byzantium, is a technique of artistic decoration in enamel, in which thin wires or cells (called in French cloisonné) are welded to a plate of su...

This can only be noted as a signature of sorts, from the weaver that has left her mark somewhere nearly undetected.

The wonderful sixty plates engraved by Bernard Picart were a sort of fashionable mythological compendium, useful in the eighteenth century, when the fascination with Greek and Roman ...

The wonderful sixty plates engraved by Bernard Picart were a sort of fashionable mythological compendium, useful in the eighteenth century, when the fascination with Greek and Roman ...

The wonderful sixty plates engraved by Bernard Picart were a sort of fashionable mythological compendium, useful in the eighteenth century, when the fascination with Greek and Roman ...

Very fine B/W aquatint showing a view of the port and city of Dunkirk, at the time a sort of village. Noteworthy in the city, the Chapel of Notres-Dames-des-Dunes and the Saint Eloy ...

The original accompanying text of this print is as follows: 'Under the Bostangi Bachi, there is a sort of lieutenant of the police at Constantinople, called Stambol Effendissi, who ...

Dhokra (also spelt Dokra) is non-ferrous metal casting using the lost-wax casting technique. This sort of metal casting has been used in India for over 4,000 years and is still used.

The wonderful sixty plates engraved by Bernard Picart were a sort of fashionable mythological compendium, useful in the eighteenth century, when the fascination with Greek and Roman ...

The wonderful sixty plates engraved by Bernard Picart were a sort of fashionable mythological compendium, useful in the eighteenth century, when the fascination with Greek and Roman ...

Because wool bunting was only used in the manufacture of flags and banners, and not easily acquired at a dry goods store that served the average public, and because the sewing is the...

His frescos featured a creature which came to be known as a “grottesque”, a design that combines human, animal, and botanical forms. An example of this sort of creature can be found ...

Additional information Measures: Height: 28 cm Width: 18 cm Depth: 12 cm Condition: Excellent Original Condition Circa: 1890 Materials: Bronze Book Ref: Emmanuel...

But a woven pile rug, could be given some sort of design, just like flat-woven textiles, while also imitating the texture, density, and protective quality of fur hides.

This fine amber sculpture depicting Jesus Christ is a very rare object. Exemples of this sort can only be found in Germanic countries.

Starting from the left, we can see that the scabbard hanging in the tree is oriented differently, that the tree behind Actaeon has become straight, and that a tree has been added to ...

There is something very pure in the naked human body, but for some that purity can veer towards pruriency. These sorts of dichotomies are perhaps what the artist was attempting to ov...

His pieces feature every sort of plant life, from thistles to fuchsias, clematis to chrysanthemums.

His depictions of rural life and animals are among his most recognised subjects, and works of this kind continue to hold interest among collectors of 19th century British painting. I...

This features an enormous center star, surrounded by two wreaths of much smaller stars, with a flanking star in each corner of the blue canton. The sort of disparity here, present in...

All-in-all, a visually compelling bird with just the sort of legitimate patina that connoisseurs of early weathervanes hope to find.

Letters from his wife testify to the artist's genuine satisfaction after the completion of these two portraits: "He tells me that he has finished the portrait of M. le Duc d'Angoulêm...

The desk comes complete with all original Lion head handles and brown leather top which is distressed in the middle We have cleaned waxed and polished it from top to bottom, as me...

Though the meaning is less clear, symbolism of this sort abounds in flags and other patriotic devices of this era.

Anyone with this much talent should have an entire range of sculptures of all sorts of animals and other figures, but we cannot find resembling art of this shape and quality anywhere...

Moreover, it is as stabile as the day it was made and thanks to its pleasing design it can be used in all sorts of interiors and for all kinds of purposes.

It extensively mounted with bronze chutes sabots and moldings of various sorts. Including a bronze pierced plaque with the monogram of the owner.

Native Scottish semi-precious stones, of the sort used in this cabinet, became very fashionable indeed and Scottish iconography more generally became a subject of great fascination.

I have not before seen copper tacks employed in this function on any sort of flag or banner. The two lengths of fabric were hemmed with three rows of stitching.

This means that Pawla oversaw the camouflage of “many of the army transports, particularly cargo carriers,” and was, according to Crowell, “one of the most valuable men in the govern...

The emphasis of Federico's court was rather more literary than artistic, but Giovanni Santi was a poet of sorts as well as a painter, and had written a rhymed chronicle of the life o...

The emphasis of Federico's court was rather more literary than artistic, but Giovanni Santi was a poet of sorts as well as a painter, and had written a rhymed chronicle of the life o...

In this way is not dissimilar to infantry battle flags, which were near-to-square. This sort of design was favorable for ground use, because it allowed the flag to be as large as pos...

The intimate scene does not give the impression of any sort of violation. The young woman seems more than aware of our presence and appears unbothered.

The present drawing does not relate directly to any of Fuseli’s finished historical paintings of the period, but evidently the image of a slightly menacing, seated and covered old wo...

A version of The Old Homestead was also used in a very different sort of commission: to decorate the label of Canavan's Old Homestead Whiskey.

Lichtner also painted all sorts of combinations of beautiful women, flowers and country landscapes.

Minute tesserae were used to form a wide variety of geometric and pictorial designs. Many sorts of wood were used for the various colours; about 40 were in regular use.

In 1850 Lorenzo Bartolini died his heirs had to deal with several sculptures uncompleted and sort out how to finish them without distorting either the original project and the Master...

He was able to produce a telling and forcible likeness; his work is distinguished by powerful characterisation, stark realism, dramatic and unusual lighting effects, and swift and br...

The emphasis of Federico's court was rather more literary than artistic, but Giovanni Santi was a poet of sorts as well as a painter, and had written a rhymed chronicle of the life o...

Milo was a five-time Periodonikes, a "grand slam" sort of title bestowed on the winner of all four festivals in the same cycle.

A recent exhibition catalogue devoted to Brongniart’s years at Sèvres indicates that ninety-two new designs for vases were introduced, as were eighty-nine different cup models, and t...

Viewed in such a manner, the pelvic region takes on a sort of alternate persona in avian form. The jewels adorning the rings on each hand stare out like eyes.

Klimt’s long-standing involvement with the academic community and with the social elite provided a stimulating means to acquire knowledge and just the sort of entree necessary for th...

Naïve and tender with some sort of moral message. Possibly the Parable of the Lost Sheep.

A jeweler’s technique for setting the gemstones of chandelier earrings, these nets are the sort of subtle, amusing, extravagant detail that we expect of Rateau, and Baguès at their b...

It is a charming interior genre scene featuring two women in a curio shop as they sort through the sort of worldly bric-a-brac so often seen in the paintings of cosmopolitan American...

Shallow semi-columns frame the front corners, giving the dresser a quiet architectural structure without adding visual weight. This is the sort of dresser that anchors a room: a bed...