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Horsehair Collection

Background imageHorsehair Collection: Religious caps and instruments

Religious caps and instruments
Priests cap called the Apex from a basrelief on the Capitol 1, cap of a high priest of Jupiter from the Temple of Jupiter the Thunderer 2, religious cap used by Flamen priests of Bacchus 3

Background imageHorsehair Collection: Woman of Bern in a lace bonnet, Switzerland, 19th century

Woman of Bern in a lace bonnet, Switzerland, 19th century
Woman of Bern in a horsehair lace bonnet, Switzerland, 19th century. The lace bonnet resembles a cockscomb, and contrasts with the elegant simplicity of her chemise, bodice, apron and petticoat

Background imageHorsehair Collection: Milkmaid of Bern, Switzerland, 19th century

Milkmaid of Bern, Switzerland, 19th century. She wears a toquet of lace made from horsehair, and carries a wooden pail with lid

Background imageHorsehair Collection: Mahogany side chair

Mahogany side chair
One of a set of four mahogany chairs in the style of Thomas Chippendale with a pierced gothic splat, a top-rail with carved foliate terminals and modern horsehair upholstery

Background imageHorsehair Collection: Childs sofa

Childs sofa
Mahogany-framed miniature sofa, upholstered in black horsehair, with a carved and scrolled decoration centred on an anthemion, scrolled ends, and carved lyre-shaped front fascias

Background imageHorsehair Collection: Parthenon. Marshal looking towards the horseman who overtake

Parthenon. Marshal looking towards the horseman who overtake
Greek Art. Parthenon. 5th century B.C. Marshal looking towards the horseman who overtakes him on the left. Detail. Horse. West Frieze I. It comes from the Acropolis in Athens. British Museum. London

Background imageHorsehair Collection: Greek Art. Archaic Period. Horse. Bronze

Greek Art. Archaic Period. Horse. Bronze. Archaeological Museum of Olympia. Greece

Background imageHorsehair Collection: Persian rider. Greece. VI century B. C

Persian rider. Greece. VI century B. C
GREEK ART. VI B.C. GREECE. Persian rider in parian marble. Dated in 520 b.C. Acropolis Museum. Athens. Greece

Background imageHorsehair Collection: Extinct horsehair fossils: Calamites arenaceus

Extinct horsehair fossils: Calamites arenaceus and Equisetites columnaris.. Handcolored lithograph from Dr. F.A. Schmidts Petrefactenbuch, published in Stuttgart, Germany

Background imageHorsehair Collection: Horsehair worm, Gordius aquaticus

Horsehair worm, Gordius aquaticus.. Handcolored copperplate zoological engraving from George Shaw and Frederick Nodders The Naturalists Miscellany, 1792


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