
Julius Caesar (from the Heroes Tapestries)
c. 1400-1410 · Wool warp
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Cloisters

c. 1400-1410 · Wool warp
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Cloisters

1663 · Letterpress printing on paper
The Rosenbach Museum & Library, Philadelphia

c. 200-300 CE · Gold leaf fused between two layers of blown...
Museo di Santa Giulia, Brescia, Italy

250-300 CE · Glass
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

c. 1695 · Wood case and soundboard
Musical Instruments Museum

c. 1773 · Chased and repousse silver over an iron and...
The Bowes Museum, Barnard Castle

c. 1460-1470 · Free-blown blue glass
Museo del Vetro, Murano

1107-1113 · Gilt copper alloy
Victoria and Albert Museum, London

10th to 19th century · Gold with filigree work
Musee du Louvre, Departement des Objets d'art

Late 6th or early 7th century · Ink and tempera with gold on parchment
Bibliotheque nationale de France

7th century BC · Gold
Museo delle Civilta, Rome

1500 · Ink and watercolor pigment on two joined...
Museo Naval, Madrid
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