Intricate Collection (page 6)

Handkerchief of Lace of Irish Manufacture, 1863. Artist: Robert Dudley
Handkerchief of Lace of Irish Manufacture, 1863. Gifts presented to Alexandra of Denmark on the occasion of her marriage to the future Edward VII

Handkerchief of Brussels Lace, 1863. Artist: Robert Dudley
Handkerchief of Brussels Lace, 1863. Gifts presented to Alexandra of Denmark on the occasion of her marriage to the future Edward VII

Battersea Enamels in the James Ward Usher Collection, 1911. Antique Victorian Print Battersea Enamels, considered the finest of their kind to be produced in England during the mid-18th century

Ivy-Leaved Bellflower, c1891, (1891). Artist: Anne Pratt
Ivy-Leaved Bellflower, c1891, (1891). From Wild Flowers, by Anne Pratt, 1891. [Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, London, 1891]

Wall-paper, printed in distemper colour. Designed by H. Wilson, 1893 Artist: W Jackson
Wall-paper, printed in distemper colour. Designed by H. Wilson. Printed by W. Jackson (Jeffery and Co.), 1894. From The Studio Volume 2. [London Offices of the Studio, London, 1893]

Drawing of Chimney-Piece, c1537. Artist: Hans Holbein the Younger
Drawing of Chimney-Piece, c1537. Drawing housed at the British Museum, London. From The Connoisseur 1913, edited by J. T. Herbert Baily. [Otto Limited, London, 1913]

Knotted wool carpet, c1600 (1958). A print from The Fitzwilliam Museum an Illustrated Survey, Trianon Press, 1958

Page from the Lindisfarne Gospels, 710-721 AD. Gospel of St John the Evangelist, originally produced in Lindisfarne, North East England

Initial letter H, 1148. Initial letter with interlacing acanthus decoration from the beginning of the Book of Exodus in the Worms Bible, originally produced in Germany

The Great Hall, Bank of Rotterdam, The Hague, 1920. Artists: Unknown, Hermann Friedrich Mertens
The Great Hall, Bank of Rotterdam, The Hague, 1920. From a design by architect Hermann Friedrich Mertens (1885-1960). From The Studio Volume 95. [London Offices of the Studio, London, 1928]

Roof of the Chancel, Rosslyn Chapel, Midlothian, Scotland, 20th century

The Chancel, Rosslyn Chapel, Midlothian, Scotland, 20th century

Lady Chapel, Rosslyn Chapel, Midlothian, Scotland, 20th century

Cast Iron Panel from Mulheim, Germany, 19th century. Artist: John Burley Waring
Cast Iron Panel from Mulheim, Germany, 19th century

Tibetan Wheel of the Law inlaid with turquoise and coral. The dharmachakra has represented the Buddhist dharma, Gautama Buddhas teaching of the path to Nirvana, since the time of early Buddhism

Mosaic detail in ambulatory of Santa Constanza church, Rome, 4th century. Mosaics in the ambulatory are secular and could be considered Dionysiac with images of grapes, fruit, birds

Maori Woodcarving representing panel detail of Ancestor. Panel from meeting-house. The Maori are the indigenous Polynesian people of New Zealand, they originated with settlers from eastern Polynesia

Detail of front of Ivory Casket, Hispano-Arabic work, Cordoba, 11th century. At London Victoria and Albert Museum

Interior of the Gur-I Mur Mausoleum in Samarkand, 15th century
Interior of the Gur-I Mur Mausoleum in Samarkand, the cornice in jasper recording Timurs deeds, 15th century

Detail of a tile design in Nabuel, Tunisia

South Persian prayer rug, 18th century
South Persian prayer rug, which is very fine work of c. 700 knots per square inch. From the Metropolitan Museum of Arts collection in New York in New York, 18th century

The Strickland Brooch, Anglo-Saxon, mid-9th century. Plain gold panels with a pattern of dog-like animals with collars, deeply carved to form an openwork effect

Tibetan Buddhist mandala. A mandala is a symbolic diagram used in meditation and in sacred ceremonies. From the British Museum

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