The 51 Artworks of media Carved and containing the word danish unknown goldsmith, carved

This sofa illustrates the style developed under King Ferdinand VII, being an adaptation of the Empire style as he had been educated in the French aesthetic and decided to renovate the furniture in the Royal Palaces accordingly. / This piece, whose design derives from the gondola sofa style, may have...

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The console dressing table is a piece of furniture eminently feminine in nature which is used for putting on the hair arranging implements, and for keeping jewellery, cosmetics, makeup, powders, perfumes… It is generally found in bedrooms or in rooms of a semi-private nature like the toilette or the...

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This is a clear example of the so-called Neo-Gothic style, which began in Spain during the first years of the reign of Isabella II, around the 1830’s, under the regency of her mother Queen María Cristina. Its repercussion on furniture was scarce and coincides with a generalized return to the medieva...

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This sophisticated ivorywork offers an insight into the court culture of the eastern Mediterranean lands. The four animal-combat motifs on the vertical panels – eagles or lions attacking gazelles – are symbols of princely power and thus also refer to the courtly milieu from which the other images ar...

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This wooden tomb model dates to the Middle Kingdom (ca. 2055 -1650 BC) and, although such models are commonly placed in tombs at this time, this one is unique in its content. Middle Kingdom models depicting various aspects of daily life activities, especially food production, survive in many example...

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This work presents an anthropomorphic figure, a being composed of an infinity of symbolic elements that configure the idea of /

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This was part of the tomb of the condottiere Gaston de Foix, who died a heroic death on 11 April 1512 at Ravenna in the battle between the French and the Holy League. Designed for Milan Cathedral by his cousin Odet de Foix with the support of King Francis I of France, the tomb was never completed. I...

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