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Border Fragment, Cotton, camelid hair, Paracas
Paracas
450–175 BCE
Dragon Wrapped around Saz Leaves, Main support: ink on paper<br/>Border: Gold, ink, and opaque watercolor on paper
ca. 1550–70
Mechanical table, Jean Henri Riesener  French, Oak veneered with mahogany and marquetry of bois satiné, sycamore, holly, ebonized holly fillets, and bayberry, the top with an amaranth border; gilt-bronze mounts; mirror glass; iron and brass fittings; green velvet (not original), French, Paris
Multiple artists/makers
1781
Plaques with Scenes from the Story of Joshua, Ivory, traces of polychromy, gilding; bone (border strips), Byzantine
Byzantine
900–1000
Fragment of a Border, Pot-metal glass with vitreous paint, French
French
ca. 1185–1205
Fragment of a Border	, Pot-metal glass with vitreous paint, French
French
ca. 1185–1205
Section of a Border, Rémois Atelier  French, Pot-metal glass and vitreous paint, French
Rémois Atelier
1180–1205
Element of a Border for an Icon Frame, Cloisonné enamel, gold, Byzantine
Byzantine
10th century
Element of a Border for an Icon Frame, Cloisonné enamel, gold, Byzantine
Byzantine
10th century
Element of a Border for an Icon Frame, Cloisonné enamel, gold, Byzantine
Byzantine
10th century
Element of a Border for an Icon Frame, Cloisonné enamel, gold, Byzantine
Byzantine
10th century
Element of a Border for an Icon Frame, Cloisonné enamel, gold, Byzantine
Byzantine
10th century
Element of a Border for an Icon Frame, Cloisonné enamel, gold, Byzantine
Byzantine
10th century
Teabowl with Chinoiserie decoration, Ignaz Preissler  Bohemian, Jingdezhen porcelain with underglaze blue border, decorated in iron-red enamel and gold decoration, Chinese, Jingdezhen with Bohemian, Kronstadt (present-day Kunstàt, Czech Republic) decoration
Ignaz Preissler
Chinese porcelain, ca. 1700–20, with Bohemian enamel decoration, ca. 1720–30
Top of a Signet Ring, Silver-gilt, beaded wire border; no spring/pin extant, Frankish
Frankish
7th century
Viscount Admiral Lord Nelson, Bust: gold wire, glass paste; anchor and border: glass, half-pearls, human hair; frame: gold wire, silk, copper-gilt, British
British
ca. 1805
Valance with grotesques, Silk and metal thread on silk, Italian
Italian
late 16th century
Border Fragment, Camelid hair, cotton, Nasca
Nasca
3rd–2nd century BCE
Border Fragment, Cotton, camelid hair, Nasca
Nasca
2nd century BCE
Border Fragment, Camelid hair, cotton, Peruvian; central coast (?)
Peruvian; central coast (?)
10th–15th century
Border Fragment, Camelid hair, cotton, Peruvian; central coast (?)
Peruvian; central coast (?)
10th–15th century
Border Fragment, Camelid hair, cotton, Peruvian; central coast (?)
Peruvian; central coast (?)
10th–15th century
Border Fragment, Camelid hair, cotton, Paracas
Paracas
1st century BCE–2nd century CE
Border Fragment, Camelid hair, Chimú (?)
Chimú (?)
10th–15th century
Embroidered Border Fragment, Camelid hair, cotton, Paracas
Paracas
5th–2nd century BCE
Embroidered Border Fragment, Camelid hair, cotton, Paracas
Paracas
4th–2nd century BCE
Embroidered Border Fragment, Camelid hair, cotton, Paracas
Paracas
4th–3rd century BCE
Embroidered Border Fragment, Camelid hair, cotton, Paracas
Paracas
5th–2nd century BCE
Embroidered Border Fragment, Camelid hair, cotton, Paracas
Paracas
5th–2nd century BCE
Embroidered Border Fragment, Camelid hair, Paracas
Paracas
5th–3rd century BCE
Embroidered Border Fragment, Camelid hair, cotton, Paracas
Paracas
4th–3rd century BCE
Embroidered Neck Border, Camelid hair, cotton, Paracas
Paracas
4th–3rd century BCE
Embroidered Border Fragment, Camelid hair, Paracas
Paracas
4th–3rd century BCE
Embroidered Border Fragment, Camelid hair, cotton, Paracas
Paracas
4th century BCE
Embroidered Border Fragment, Camelid hair, Paracas
Paracas
5th–4th century BCE
Embroidered Border Fragment, Camelid hair, cotton, Paracas
Paracas
4th–3rd century BCE
Embroidered Border Fragment, Camelid hair, cotton, Paracas
Paracas
5th–3rd century BCE
Embroidered Border Fragment, Camelid hair, cotton, Paracas
Paracas
4th–2nd century BCE
Embroidered Border Fragment, Camelid hair, cotton, Paracas
Paracas
4th–3rd century BCE
Embroidered Border Fragment, Camelid hair, cotton, Paracas
Paracas
5th–3rd century BCE