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Handicraft Collection (#10)

Handicrafts from around the world showcase the rich cultural heritage and artistic traditions of different regions

Background imageHandicraft Collection: Faiencerie workshop in Quimper, women painting, beg 20th century (photo)

Faiencerie workshop in Quimper, women painting, beg 20th century (photo)
PCT4289988 Faiencerie workshop in Quimper, women painting, beg 20th century (photo); (add.info.: Quimper (Finistere, Brittany) at the beginning of the 20th century: Breton art faiencerie Henriot

Background imageHandicraft Collection: France, Limousin, Haute-Vienne (87): Workshop of a ferrant marechal with employees and horse

France, Limousin, Haute-Vienne (87): Workshop of a ferrant marechal with employees and horse
LUX4724455 France, Limousin, Haute-Vienne (87): Workshop of a ferrant marechal with employees and horse, 1908 - union of marechaux workers, general assembly; (add.info.: France, Limousin)

Background imageHandicraft Collection: House construction (building, dwelling), 1894 (engraving)

House construction (building, dwelling), 1894 (engraving)
PCT4276596 House construction (building, dwelling), 1894 (engraving); (add.info.: House construction (building, dwelling): macon, paveur

Background imageHandicraft Collection: France, Pays de la Loire, Maine-et-Loire (49), Vihiers: hotel de la boule d'or with macons

France, Pays de la Loire, Maine-et-Loire (49), Vihiers: hotel de la boule d'or with macons on scaffolding
LUX4750608 France, Pays de la Loire, Maine-et-Loire (49), Vihiers: hotel de la boule d'or with macons on scaffolding, 1890 - Sign: Hotel de la Boule d'or Gautier Baleine; (add.info.: France)

Background imageHandicraft Collection: Gothic architecture. Noe's story: donor - the charrons. Stained glass from the lower north coast

Gothic architecture. Noe's story: donor - the charrons. Stained glass from the lower north coast
JEB4845130 Gothic architecture. Noe's story: donor - the charrons. Stained glass from the lower north coast. Cathedrale de Chartres.; (add.info.: Gothic architecture)

Background imageHandicraft Collection: Daily life and work in a convent: nuns working wool. Miniature taken from 'Historia ordinis

Daily life and work in a convent: nuns working wool. Miniature taken from "Historia ordinis humiliatorum" of
GIA5035847 Daily life and work in a convent: nuns working wool. Miniature taken from "Historia ordinis humiliatorum" of the 15th century

Background imageHandicraft Collection: Weaver and his weave in a workshop in Europe in the 17th century

Weaver and his weave in a workshop in Europe in the 17th century. Colouring engraving from the 17th century after an
NWI4880245 Weaver and his weave in a workshop in Europe in the 17th century. Colouring engraving from the 17th century after an illustration by J

Background imageHandicraft Collection: France, Auvergne, Puy-de-Dome (63), Thiers: cutlery at the bottom of the city

France, Auvergne, Puy-de-Dome (63), Thiers: cutlery at the bottom of the city, along the Durolle River, 1900
LUX4772871 France, Auvergne, Puy-de-Dome (63), Thiers: cutlery at the bottom of the city, along the Durolle River, 1900; (add.info.: France, Auvergne, Puy-de-Dome (63)

Background imageHandicraft Collection: France, Centre, Indre-et-Loire (37), Vouvray: The ferrant marechal of vouvray at work, 1895

France, Centre, Indre-et-Loire (37), Vouvray: The ferrant marechal of vouvray at work, 1895
LUX4756865 France, Centre, Indre-et-Loire (37), Vouvray: The ferrant marechal of vouvray at work, 1895; (add.info.: France, Centre, Indre-et-Loire (37)

Background imageHandicraft Collection: France, Auvergne, Puy-de-Dome (63), Thiers: Vallee de la Durolle, cutlery

France, Auvergne, Puy-de-Dome (63), Thiers: Vallee de la Durolle, cutlery, many factories and workshop in the valley
LUX4765286 France, Auvergne, Puy-de-Dome (63), Thiers: Vallee de la Durolle, cutlery, many factories and workshop in the valley, 1900; (add.info.: France, Auvergne, Puy-de-Dome (63)

Background imageHandicraft Collection: Folio sheet of the Encyclopedie by Denis Diderot (1713-1784) and Jean Le Rond D'Alembert (1717-1783)

Folio sheet of the Encyclopedie by Denis Diderot (1713-1784) and Jean Le Rond D'Alembert (1717-1783)
PCT4288231 Folio sheet of the Encyclopedie by Denis Diderot (1713-1784) and Jean Le Rond D'Alembert (1717-1783): the embroidery - workshop, tools

Background imageHandicraft Collection: Plaque of Saint Simeon the stylite (Symeon) (metal)

Plaque of Saint Simeon the stylite (Symeon) (metal)
YOU4420004 Plaque of Saint Simeon the stylite (Symeon) (metal); Louvre, Paris, France; (add.info.: Plaque of Saint Simeon the stylite (Symeon), representing the saint at the top of his column

Background imageHandicraft Collection: Production of glass: two glass blowers and oven uses for cooking. Manuscript page ' Treats on herbs'

Production of glass: two glass blowers and oven uses for cooking. Manuscript page " Treats on herbs"
VEN5028063 Production of glass: two glass blowers and oven uses for cooking. Manuscript page " Treats on herbs" (Tractatus de herbis) by Pedanius Dioscorides (Dioscorides) (40-90 AD)

Background imageHandicraft Collection: Sugar production: a man in front of two sugar cones prepares the syrup

Sugar production: a man in front of two sugar cones prepares the syrup. Manuscript page " Treat on herbs"
VEN5028045 Sugar production: a man in front of two sugar cones prepares the syrup. Manuscript page " Treat on herbs" (Tractatus de herbis) by Pedanius Dioscorides (Dioscorides) (40-90 AD)

Background imageHandicraft Collection: Iberian falcata made of iron, Iron Age (metal)

Iberian falcata made of iron, Iron Age (metal)
CUL4852547 Iberian falcata made of iron, Iron Age (metal) by Iron Age; (add.info.: Iberian falcata made of iron. Iron Age. Iberian art. SPAIN. ANDALUSIA. Cordoba. Archaeological Museum of Cordoba)

Background imageHandicraft Collection: Gothic architecture. History of Saint Eustachius: the donors - drapers and furriers

Gothic architecture. History of Saint Eustachius: the donors - drapers and furriers
JEB4845126 Gothic architecture. History of Saint Eustachius: the donors - drapers and furriers. Stained glass from the lower north coast. Cathedrale de Chartres.; (add.info.: Gothic architecture)

Background imageHandicraft Collection: Ceramic Alabaster, Corinth, Greece, last quarter of the 7th century BC

Ceramic Alabaster, Corinth, Greece, last quarter of the 7th century BC. Mediterranean Archeology Museum
JEB4909851 Ceramic Alabaster, Corinth, Greece, last quarter of the 7th century BC. Mediterranean Archeology Museum.; (add.info.: Ceramic Alabaster, Corinth, Greece)

Background imageHandicraft Collection: Flour Production: Sucker in a windmill on Nantucket Island, Massachusetts, circa 1800

Flour Production: Sucker in a windmill on Nantucket Island, Massachusetts, circa 1800
NWI4826225 Flour Production: Sucker in a windmill on Nantucket Island, Massachusetts, circa 1800.; (add.info.: Flour Production: Sucker in a windmill on Nantucket Island, Massachusetts)

Background imageHandicraft Collection: Daily life and work in a monastery: the different stages of wool production

Daily life and work in a monastery: the different stages of wool production
GIA5035850 Daily life and work in a monastery: the different stages of wool production. Miniature taken from "Historia ordinis humiliatorum" of the 15th century

Background imageHandicraft Collection: France: Macons pose in front of their yard with their instrument, 1900

France: Macons pose in front of their yard with their instrument, 1900
LUX4815765 France: Macons pose in front of their yard with their instrument, 1900; (add.info.: France: Macons pose in front of their yard with their instrument, 1900); Photo © Lux-in-Fine

Background imageHandicraft Collection: France, Ile-de-France, Paris (75): studio portrait of an actor in repuller

France, Ile-de-France, Paris (75): studio portrait of an actor in repuller
LUX4719205 France, Ile-de-France, Paris (75): studio portrait of an actor in repuller, 1893 - Monsieur Marmier in the role of Pierre de remouleur; (add.info.: France, Ile-de-France)

Background imageHandicraft Collection: The song of the shirt by Thomas Hood ed. Moxon - A poor couturiere sewing a shirt in a bedroom

The song of the shirt by Thomas Hood ed. Moxon - A poor couturiere sewing a shirt in a bedroom
PCT4276075 The song of the shirt by Thomas Hood ed. Moxon - A poor couturiere sewing a shirt in a bedroom, a crucifix hangs over the bed

Background imageHandicraft Collection: Gothic architecture. Noe's story: donor - carpenters. Stained glass from the lower north coast

Gothic architecture. Noe's story: donor - carpenters. Stained glass from the lower north coast
JEB4845154 Gothic architecture. Noe's story: donor - carpenters. Stained glass from the lower north coast. Cathedrale de Chartres.; (add.info.: Gothic architecture)

Background imageHandicraft Collection: The different work of craftsmen in a lutherie. In ' The Encyclopedia of Diderot and D'Alembert'

The different work of craftsmen in a lutherie. In " The Encyclopedia of Diderot and D'Alembert", 1772
FAT4300741 The different work of craftsmen in a lutherie. In " The Encyclopedia of Diderot and D'Alembert", 1772.; (add.info.: The different work of craftsmen in a lutherie)

Background imageHandicraft Collection: A Japanese wood-engraver, 1864. Creator: Unknown

A Japanese wood-engraver, 1864. Creator: Unknown
A Japanese wood-engraver, 1864....from a sketch by our Artist at Yokohama. It is painful here to observe the uncomfortable position of the Japanese engraver at his work - to see how he is doubled up

Background imageHandicraft Collection: Complaint to the shoemaker, 1878. Creator: Echtler, Adolf (1843-1914)

Complaint to the shoemaker, 1878. Creator: Echtler, Adolf (1843-1914)
Complaint to the shoemaker, 1878. Private Collection

Background imageHandicraft Collection: 1459 tombstone made of white limestone in the Rostov museum, Rostov Velikii, 1911

1459 tombstone made of white limestone in the Rostov museum, Rostov Velikii, 1911

Background imageHandicraft Collection: Holy Gates from the first half of the eighteenth century, Museum inventory number 1824...1911

Holy Gates from the first half of the eighteenth century, Museum inventory number 1824...1911
Holy Gates from the first half of the eighteenth century, Museum inventory number 1824, Rostov Museum, Rostov Velikii, 1911

Background imageHandicraft Collection: Holy Gates from 1652, Museum inventory number 1591, Rostov museum, Rostov Velikii, 1911

Holy Gates from 1652, Museum inventory number 1591, Rostov museum, Rostov Velikii, 1911

Background imageHandicraft Collection: Holy Gates from the second half of the eighteenth century with carved images of the Mother... 1911

Holy Gates from the second half of the eighteenth century with carved images of the Mother... 1911
Holy Gates from the second half of the eighteenth century with carved images of the Mother of God and the Twelve Apostles, Museum inventory number 8875, Rostov museum, Rostov Velikii, 1911

Background imageHandicraft Collection: Carved wooden Holy Gates from the seventeenth century in the Rostov museum, Rostov Velikii, 1911

Carved wooden Holy Gates from the seventeenth century in the Rostov museum, Rostov Velikii, 1911

Background imageHandicraft Collection: Seventeenth-century plashchanitsa [shroud with the image of Christ], in the middle... 1911

Seventeenth-century plashchanitsa [shroud with the image of Christ], in the middle... 1911
Seventeenth-century plashchanitsa [shroud with the image of Christ], in the middle, a wooden carved image of Christ Our Savior lying in the grave

Background imageHandicraft Collection: Sterzh Cross, the Tver Museum, 1910. Creator: Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky

Sterzh Cross, the Tver Museum, 1910. Creator: Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky
Sterzh Cross, the Tver Museum, 1910

Background imageHandicraft Collection: Stone cross on the bank opposite Pisanyi Rock in memory of Demidov, Chusovaia River, 1912

Stone cross on the bank opposite Pisanyi Rock in memory of Demidov, Chusovaia River, 1912

Background imageHandicraft Collection: Dmitrievsky Cathedral, Vladimir, 1911. Creator: Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky

Dmitrievsky Cathedral, Vladimir, 1911. Creator: Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky
Dmitrievsky Cathedral, Vladimir, 1911

Background imageHandicraft Collection: Handicraft works of the Perm zemstvo, 1911. Creator: A. A. Antonov

Handicraft works of the Perm zemstvo, 1911. Creator: A. A. Antonov
Handicraft works of the Perm zemstvo, 1911. From a collection of photographs documenting the First West Siberian Agricultural, Forestry, and Industrial Trade Exhibition

Background imageHandicraft Collection: Exhibits of handicraftsmen of the Yekaterinburg zemstvo, 1911. Creator: A. A. Antonov

Exhibits of handicraftsmen of the Yekaterinburg zemstvo, 1911. Creator: A. A. Antonov
Exhibits of handicraftsmen of the Yekaterinburg zemstvo, 1911. From a collection of photographs documenting the First West Siberian Agricultural, Forestry, and Industrial Trade Exhibition

Background imageHandicraft Collection: Sketches from New Zealand: scene on the Waikato, near its junction with the Waipa River, 1864

Sketches from New Zealand: scene on the Waikato, near its junction with the Waipa River, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Sketches from New Zealand: scene on the Waikato, near its junction with the Waipa River, 1864. Engraving from a drawing made on the spot by Mr. G. P

Background imageHandicraft Collection: Handicraft potter from the village of Atamanovskoye, Krasnoyarsk district, 1900. Creator: LI Vonago

Handicraft potter from the village of Atamanovskoye, Krasnoyarsk district, 1900. Creator: LI Vonago
Handicraft potter from the village of Atamanovskoye, Krasnoyarsk district, 1900. This collection includes more than four hundred photographs of daily life in Yenisei Province in the late tsarist

Background imageHandicraft Collection: Conference of handicraftsmen of the city of Pryluky, 1925. Creator: Unknown

Conference of handicraftsmen of the city of Pryluky, 1925. Creator: Unknown
Conference of handicraftsmen of the city of Pryluky, 1925. In the early part of the Stalin era, the Kremlin established a new administrative territory in the Soviet Far East--the Jewish Autonomous

Background imageHandicraft Collection: PEGASUS

PEGASUS
MESHARI ALMUTAIRI

Background imageHandicraft Collection: Silver handcrafted objects for sale at the Muttrah Souq. Muttrah, Muscat, Oman

Silver handcrafted objects for sale at the Muttrah Souq. Muttrah, Muscat, Oman

Background imageHandicraft Collection: pottery master

pottery master
Hanife Yalcin

Background imageHandicraft Collection: The Lace-Maker, 1885. Creator: Georg Pauli

The Lace-Maker, 1885. Creator: Georg Pauli
The Lace-Maker, 1885

Background imageHandicraft Collection: Bas-relief, 'The Song of Miriam and Moses', by Mr. Gatley, for a mausoleum near Edinburgh, 1858

Bas-relief, "The Song of Miriam and Moses", by Mr. Gatley, for a mausoleum near Edinburgh, 1858. Decoration for a...mausoleum intended to be erected to the memory of Mr

Background imageHandicraft Collection: Indian Deities - Suraswati, the Hindoo Goddess of Learning, Music and Poetry, 1858. Creator: W. B

Indian Deities - Suraswati, the Hindoo Goddess of Learning, Music and Poetry, 1858. Creator: W. B
Indian Deities - Suraswati, the Hindoo Goddess of Learning, Music and Poetry, 1858. She is always invoked at the marriage ceremonies of the Brahmins

Background imageHandicraft Collection: Indian Deities - Trimurti; the Hindoo Triad or Trinity, 1858. Creator: Harvey Orrin Smith

Indian Deities - Trimurti; the Hindoo Triad or Trinity, 1858. Creator: Harvey Orrin Smith
Indian Deities - Trimurti; the Hindoo Triad or Trinity, 1858. The central figure is Brahma; on the right is Siva; the left is Vishnu

Background imageHandicraft Collection: Idol of an Indian Temple; Notes on the Ancient Temples of India, 1875. Creator: Unknown

Idol of an Indian Temple; Notes on the Ancient Temples of India, 1875. Creator: Unknown
Idol of an Indian Temple; Notes on the Ancient Temples of India, 1875. From Illustrated Travels by H.W. Bates. [Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, c1880, London] and Galpin




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Handicrafts from around the world showcase the rich cultural heritage and artistic traditions of different regions. In Central America, specifically Panama, lies Cristobal - a town known for its vibrant handicraft scene. The Kuna Indians, indigenous to this area, are renowned for their traditional molas. These intricate textile panels depict colorful designs inspired by nature and everyday life. Traveling across continents to Europe, we find ourselves in County Clare, Ireland. Here, on the church wall of Killinaboy, stands an enigmatic Sheela-na-Gig carving. This ancient symbol represents fertility and protection against evil spirits. Venturing further into North Africa's bustling markets takes us to Marrakech in Morocco. Amidst the vibrant souks of Medina lie exquisite ceramics waiting to be discovered by eager shoppers. These beautifully handcrafted pieces reflect Morocco's rich history and diverse influences. In Fes, another Moroccan city steeped in tradition, mosaic walls adorning fountains captivate visitors with their intricate patterns and vivid colors. Each tile meticulously placed tells a story of craftsmanship passed down through generations. Heading westward to Mexico's Puebla State brings us to El Parian Market where Talavera Pottery reigns supreme. This distinctive style showcases Spanish influence blended with indigenous techniques resulting in stunning ceramic works that have become synonymous with Mexican culture. In Southwest America resides a deep-rooted connection between Native American tribes and handicrafts that tell stories of their ancestral pasts through pottery, jewelry-making, weaving techniques like Navajo rugs or Hopi kachina dolls. Crossing oceans once more leads us to Ethiopia's highlands where Injera baskets (Sifet) are crafted using age-old methods passed down within communities for centuries. These intricately woven baskets serve both functional purposes as storage containers and carry symbolic significance within Ethiopian culture.