This piano ha a simple design and is made out of solid wood.

Piano

This piano ha a simple design and is made out of solid wood.

This console table and mirror was designed in London, England. The frame is carved in American pine and lime tree woods. It is double gilted in matte and burnished gold.

Console Mirror and Table

This console table and mirror was designed in London, England. The frame is carved in American pine…

This state bed is designed in an Elizabethan style. The frame is made out of carved walnut wood. The foot board of the bed has a design of a Bacchanalian ( God of festivities) mask in the center and animal figures on each end.

State Bed

This state bed is designed in an Elizabethan style. The frame is made out of carved walnut wood. The…

This console table and mirror has a scroll design all around the framework. The table has shelving compartments and is made out of English walnut wood.

Console Mirror and Table

This console table and mirror has a scroll design all around the framework. The table has shelving compartments…

This table is intended for use in a drawing room. It is made out of wood with four carved legs that are connected to a spike in the center.

Table

This table is intended for use in a drawing room. It is made out of wood with four carved legs that…

This chair has a framework carved in wood with female figures on each side of the arms. It has an oversized back and small seat that is cushioned and upholstered.

Chair

This chair has a framework carved in wood with female figures on each side of the arms. It has an oversized…

This arm chair has a carved framework made out of Irish bog-yew wood. The arms of the chair are represented by wolf dogs. Its back and seat is upholstered.

Arm Chair

This arm chair has a carved framework made out of Irish bog-yew wood. The arms of the chair are represented…

This table is made out of walnut wood. The framework of the table is in a bold design of scrolls and a figure on each side.

Table

This table is made out of walnut wood. The framework of the table is in a bold design of scrolls and…

This chair is carved in mahogany wood. It has a wooden back and a cushioned seat.

Chair

This chair is carved in mahogany wood. It has a wooden back and a cushioned seat.

This cabinet is carved in oak by using a method of burning wood into a desired pattern. The ornamental design is of human figures, animals, and leaf scrolls.

Cabinet

This cabinet is carved in oak by using a method of burning wood into a desired pattern. The ornamental…

This cabinet is carved using English walnut wood in an Italian style. It is richly ornamented with an eagle at the top, a figure in the center and fruits and foliage on the bottom.

Cabinet

This cabinet is carved using English walnut wood in an Italian style. It is richly ornamented with an…

The stove grate is used to hold fire or coal while cooking.

Stove Grate

The stove grate is used to hold fire or coal while cooking.

This cabinet is a Russian design made of tulip wood. It is ornamented with bronze and inlaid with porcelain. The cabinet doors have scenes of women.

Cabinet

This cabinet is a Russian design made of tulip wood. It is ornamented with bronze and inlaid with porcelain.…

The magnificent book case was a gift from the Emperor of Austria to the Queen of England. It is carved in a Gothic style using oak wood. There are decorative spikes at the very top, similar to a church's roof.

Magnificent Book Case

The magnificent book case was a gift from the Emperor of Austria to the Queen of England. It is carved…

This sideboard is carved in walnut wood in a French Renaissance style. It is richly decorated with human figures and fruit at the top half, and at the base various animals.

Sideboard

This sideboard is carved in walnut wood in a French Renaissance style. It is richly decorated with human…

This flower stand with pots is made out of wood and looks like a table. The five pots are made out of colored porcelain, and are placed around the flower stand.

Flower Stand with Pots

This flower stand with pots is made out of wood and looks like a table. The five pots are made out of…

This cross piece is part of a canopy. It is made out of carved wood with a design of spikes and scrolling leaves. It is a horizontal beam that is perpendicular to a canopy.

Crosspiece

This cross piece is part of a canopy. It is made out of carved wood with a design of spikes and scrolling…

This canopy is made out of carved wood in a design of spikes, leaf scrolls and two birds at the base. It is used as an overhead roof structure to provide shade or shelter.

Canopy

This canopy is made out of carved wood in a design of spikes, leaf scrolls and two birds at the base.…

This arm chair is carved in wood. The top of the chair has a leaf scroll design and an angel on each side. On each arm of the chair is a design of a bird.

Arm Chair

This arm chair is carved in wood. The top of the chair has a leaf scroll design and an angel on each…

This table top and table was made in Vienna, Austria. Its table top is elaborately designed with inlaid wood of different colors. Its base has legs that are bent in curve design.

Table Top and Table

This table top and table was made in Vienna, Austria. Its table top is elaborately designed with inlaid…

This table is made out of rosewood and locust tree wood. It is designed in a Venetian style, with massive scrolls that form its legs.

Table

This table is made out of rosewood and locust tree wood. It is designed in a Venetian style, with massive…

This large cabinet is engraved in ebony and pear tree wood. Its design is elaborate with carved figures at the top, on the panels and the base of the cabinet. It also has fruit and leaf designs throughout.

Large Cabinet

This large cabinet is engraved in ebony and pear tree wood. Its design is elaborate with carved figures…

This writing table is made out of white wood. Its design represents the inhabitants of Alpine, Switzerland tending their flock.

Writing Table

This writing table is made out of white wood. Its design represents the inhabitants of Alpine, Switzerland…

This rustic chair was carved out of a oak wood. It has a vine and leaf design all around the chair.

Rustic Chair

This rustic chair was carved out of a oak wood. It has a vine and leaf design all around the chair.

This cabinet is made out of wood and decorated in an enamel process, with electro-gilt metal moldings. It has a design of scrolls and doves.

Cabinet

This cabinet is made out of wood and decorated in an enamel process, with electro-gilt metal moldings.…

This dressing case is made out of yew wood. Its mountings is made out of silver and is designed in an antique style. It is used to store grooming items.

Dressing Case

This dressing case is made out of yew wood. Its mountings is made out of silver and is designed in an…

This bedstead is carved in walnut wood. It has a large canopy with drapes on its sides.

Bedstead

This bedstead is carved in walnut wood. It has a large canopy with drapes on its sides.

"Picea, Silver Fir. Fig. 60. Tree, 100-200 ft: trunk 6-8 ft. in dia.: lvs. flat, distichously spreading, dark green and lustrous above, silvery white below: cones slender, cylindrical, light green to dark purple, 5-6 in. long; bracts slightly longer than their scales. Mts. of Cent. and S. Eu., often gregarious.- Wood esteemed and much used; yields Strasburg turpentine. Dwarf forms, with erect and pendulous and with much abbreviated branches, are common in gardens. Not perfectly hardy in New England." L.H. Bailey, 1917

Silver Fir Tree Cone

"Picea, Silver Fir. Fig. 60. Tree, 100-200 ft: trunk 6-8 ft. in dia.: lvs. flat, distichously spreading,…

The pole lathe of 1800 is a wood turning tool that uses a pole as a return spring for the treadle (foot pedal).

Pole Lathe

The pole lathe of 1800 is a wood turning tool that uses a pole as a return spring for the treadle (foot…

"Cross-section of bowling bed showing steel clamp." -Hill, 1921

Steel Clamp

"Cross-section of bowling bed showing steel clamp." -Hill, 1921

"Life-history of Liverwort (Marchantia polymorpha): 1 and 2, developing thallus; 2 shows the cup with gemmae; 3, section across thallus, showing chimney-shaped stoma and green cells under, and mucilage cell on left; 4, male hats; 5, development of antheridia; 6, antheridium nearly ripe; 7, antherozoid; 8, female hat; 9, 10, archegonia before fertilization; 11, 12, 13, fertilized egg dividing; 14, immature sporogonium, containing spores and elaters." -Hazeltine, 1894

Liverwort Life Cycle

"Life-history of Liverwort (Marchantia polymorpha): 1 and 2, developing thallus; 2 shows the cup with…

he Mandarin Duck (Aix galericulata), or just Mandarin, is a medium-sized perching duck, closely related to the North American Wood Duck. It is 41-49 cm long with a 65-75 cm wingspan. The adult male is a striking and unmistakable bird. It has a red bill, large white crescent above the eye and reddish face and "whiskers". The breast is purple with two vertical white bars, and the flanks ruddy, with two orange "sails" at the back. The female is similar to female Wood Duck, with a white eye-ring and stripe running back from the eye, but is paler below, has a small white flank stripe, and a pale tip to its bill

Mandarin Duck

he Mandarin Duck (Aix galericulata), or just Mandarin, is a medium-sized perching duck, closely related…

This walnut stippler brush is made from dark bristles of long-haired hogs. It is used to render small fine undergrainig found in some woods.

Walnut Stippler

This walnut stippler brush is made from dark bristles of long-haired hogs. It is used to render small…

The fantail over-grainer brush is sized according to the width of the head from 1 inch up to 4 inches wide.

Fantail Over-grainer Brush

The fantail over-grainer brush is sized according to the width of the head from 1 inch up to 4 inches…

The piped over-grainer is a brush that is used to create the shaped grain found in hardwoods such as mahogany, maple, and walnut. It is referred to as piper over-grainer because of the way the bristles are clumped together on the brush.

Piped Overgrainer

The piped over-grainer is a brush that is used to create the shaped grain found in hardwoods such as…

The piped over-grainer is a brush that is used to create the shaped grain found in hardwoods such as mahogany, maple, and walnut. It is referred to as piper over-grainer because of the way the bristles are clumped together on the brush.

Piped Overgrainer

The piped over-grainer is a brush that is used to create the shaped grain found in hardwoods such as…

The piped over-grainer is a brush that is used to create the shaped grain found in hardwoods such as mahogany, maple, and walnut. It is referred to as piper over-grainer because of the way the bristles are clumped together on the brush.

Piped Overgrainer

The piped over-grainer is a brush that is used to create the shaped grain found in hardwoods such as…

The piped over-grainer is a brush that is used to create the shaped grain found in hardwoods such as mahogany, maple, and walnut. It is referred to as piper over-grainer because of the way the bristles are clumped together on the brush.

Piped Overgrainer

The piped over-grainer is a brush that is used to create the shaped grain found in hardwoods such as…

The piped over-grainer is a brush that is used to create the shaped grain found in hardwoods such as mahogany, maple, and walnut. It is referred to as piper over-grainer because of the way the bristles are clumped together on the brush.

Piped Overgrainer

The piped over-grainer is a brush that is used to create the shaped grain found in hardwoods such as…

The piped over-grainer is a brush that is used to create the shaped grain found in hardwoods such as mahogany, maple, and walnut. It is referred to as piper over-grainer because of the way the bristles are clumped together on the brush.

Piped Overgrainer

The piped over-grainer is a brush that is used to create the shaped grain found in hardwoods such as…

This is a 6 part pipe over-grainer. It is used to create the shaped grain found in hardwoods such as mahogany, maple, and walnut. It is referred to as a piper over-grainer because of the way the bristles are clumped together on the brush.

Piped Overgrainer

This is a 6 part pipe over-grainer. It is used to create the shaped grain found in hardwoods such as…

The piped over-grainer is a brush that is used to create the shaped grain found in hardwoods such as mahogany, maple, and walnut. It is referred to as piper over-grainer because of the way the bristles are clumped together on the brush.

Piped Overgrainer

The piped over-grainer is a brush that is used to create the shaped grain found in hardwoods such as…

"The first change in the parent-cell is that by which it becomes broken up into a mass of cells, each of which is just like itself. This process is called segmentation of the vitellus; each one of the numerous resulting cells is called a cleavage-cell. The nucleus of the parent-cell divides into two; each attracts its half of the yelk; the halves furrow apart and there are now two cleavage cells in place of the one parent-cell a furrow at right angles to the first, and redivision of the nuclei; results in four cleavage-cells. Radiating furrows intermediate to the first two bisect the four cells, and would render eight cells, were not these simultaneously doubled by a circular furrow which cleaves each, with the result of sixteen cleavage-cells. So the subdivision goes on until the parent-cell becomes a mass of cells. This particular kind of cleavage, by radiating and concentric furrowing, is called discoidal, and the resulting heap of little cells assumes the figure of a thin, flat, circular disc. Segmentation of the vitellus, in whatever manner it may go on, results in a mulberry-like mass of cleavage-cells; and the original cytula has become what is called a morula. This process is shown closely here." Elliot Coues, 1884

The Segmentation of the Vitellus

"The first change in the parent-cell is that by which it becomes broken up into a mass of cells, each…

An illustration of wooden boards joined by match joints.

Match Joints, Boards Joined by

An illustration of wooden boards joined by match joints.

"Longitudinal radial section through the wood of a branch of maple one year old: P, pith; B, bark." -Century, 1889 In botany, Medullary rays refer to a characteristic found in woods. In this context the term refers to radial sheets or ribbons extending vertically through the tree across and perpendicular to the growth rings. Also called pith rays or wood rays, these formations of primarily parenchyma cells allow the radial transmission of sap.

Medullary Rays of Maple

"Longitudinal radial section through the wood of a branch of maple one year old: P, pith; B, bark."…

"Longitudinal tangential section of [maple], showing the ends of the medullary rays." - Century, 1889

Longitudinal Tangential Section of Maple

"Longitudinal tangential section of [maple], showing the ends of the medullary rays." - Century, 1889

"Molothrus ater. Common Cowbird. Cuckold. male Adult: Lustrous green-black, with steel-blue, purple, and violet iridescence. head and neck deep wood-brown, with some purplish lustre. Bill and feet black." Elliot Coues, 1884

Common Cowbird

"Molothrus ater. Common Cowbird. Cuckold. male Adult: Lustrous green-black, with steel-blue, purple,…

"Pitangus derbianus. Derby Flycatcher. Under parts light wood-brown, with an olive tinge; wings and tail the same, but the feathers extensively bordered without and within with chestnut, forming a conspicuous continuous area on the wing-quills in the closed wing, and on most of the wing and tail-feathers more extensively than the brown portion of the inner webs. Below from the breast, including lining of wings, clear and continuous lemon-yellow. Whole chin and throat pure white, widening behind up under ear-coverts. Top and sides of head black, a circle of white from forehead over eyes to nape white, the enclosed black enclosing black a lemon and orange patch. Or, middle of crown yellow and orange, enclosed and partly concealed in black, this black enclosed in white, then the long and broad black bar on side of head, separating the white of side of crown from that of side of throat. The coronal feathers lengthened and erectile as in a king-bird, or more so; crown-patch of same character but more extensive. Bill and feet black; iris hazel Sexes alike." Elliot Coues, 1884

Derby Flycatcher

"Pitangus derbianus. Derby Flycatcher. Under parts light wood-brown, with an olive tinge; wings and…

"Contopus virens. Wood Pewee. Olivaceous-brown, rather darker on head; with sides washed with a paler shade of the same, reaching nearly or quite across the breast; throat and belly whitish, more or less tinged with dull yellowish; under tail-coverts the same, usually streaked with dusky; tail and wings blackish, the former unmarked, the inner wing-quills edged, and the greater and middle coverts tipped, with whitish; feet and upper mandible black, under mandible usually yellow, sometimes dusky; iris brown." Elliot Coues, 1884

Wood Pewee

"Contopus virens. Wood Pewee. Olivaceous-brown, rather darker on head; with sides washed with a paler…

The Hortulus Animae is one of a series of woodcuts that was created by German Renaissance artist Hans Baldung Grun in 1511. It depicts the resurrection of Jesus. A woodcut is made by carving a wooden block to the desired design, and then rolling ink over the carved block to print the design on paper.

Hortulus Animae

The Hortulus Animae is one of a series of woodcuts that was created by German Renaissance artist Hans…

The Hortulus Animae is one of a series of woodcuts that was created by German Renaissance artist Hans Baldung Grun between 1510 and1511. It possibly depicts Mary. A woodcut is made by carving a wooden block to the desired design, and then rolling ink over the carved block, and the printing the design on paper.

Hortulus Animae

The Hortulus Animae is one of a series of woodcuts that was created by German Renaissance artist Hans…

Albrecht Meyer on right sketches plants for the <I>De Historia Stirpium</I> published in 1542. Heinrich F&uuml;llmaurer, on left, transfers the drawings to wood blocks.

Two Men Drawing

Albrecht Meyer on right sketches plants for the De Historia Stirpium published in 1542. Heinrich Füllmaurer,…

The Flood is an engraving on a wood block that was created by Edward Calvert, an English printmaker during the 19th century. It shows people escaping a flood.

The Flood

The Flood is an engraving on a wood block that was created by Edward Calvert, an English printmaker…

At the Back of the North Wind is a wood engraving that was created by English painter Albert Hughes. It is a children's book that was written by George Macdonald in 1857. It is a fantasy about a boy named diamond and his adventures with the lady north wind.

At the Back of the North Wind

At the Back of the North Wind is a wood engraving that was created by English painter Albert Hughes.…

This print is part of a series of woodcuts called Art in the house that was designed by English artist Robert Bateman in 1876. It seems to depict a couple strolling in a wooded area. The woodcut is created by carving a wooden block to the desired design, and then rolling ink over the carved block for printing on paper.

Art in the House

This print is part of a series of woodcuts called Art in the house that was designed by English artist…

"Those palaces which like the back of the Strozzi Place are constucted of dressed blocks with a less decided projection, present a more elegant appearance."Palazzo Strozzi is a palace in Florence, Italy. The Palace was begun in 1489 by Benedetto da Maiano, for Filippo Strozzi the Elder, a rival of the Medici who had returned to the city in November 1466 and desired the most magnificent palace to assert his family's continued prominence and, perhaps more importantly a political statement of his own status. A great number of other buildings were acquired during the 70s and demolished to provide enough space for the new construction. Giuliano da Sangallo the Younger provided a wood model of the design. Filippo Strozzi died in 1491, long before the construction's completion in 1538. Duke Cosimo I de' Medici confiscated it in the same year, not returning it to the Strozzi family until thirty years later.

Strozzi Palace at Florence

"Those palaces which like the back of the Strozzi Place are constucted of dressed blocks with a less…

"Strix nebulosa. Barred Owl. Hoot Owl. American Wood Owl. Toes fully feathered, nearly or quite to the claws, which are blackish; bill yellow; iris black. Of medium size in this genus. Markings of back and breast in cross-bars, of belly in lengthwise stripes. Above, umber-brown or liver-color, everywhere with white or tawny, or both; breast the same; on the belly the pattern changing abruptly to heavy dusky shaft-stripes on a white or tawny ground; crissum the same; feet speckled with dusky; wings and tail like the back or rather darker, regularly barred with gray, light brown or tawny, some of the bars usually making white spots at their ends, and the markings of the wing-coverts rather in spots than bars. Lining of wings tawny, with some dusky spotting. Facial disc set in a frame of black and white specks, with blackened eye-lids, and obscurely watered with lighter and darker colors in rings around the eye as a centre, the bristly feathers about the bill mixed black and white, or white at base, blackened terminally. A notably large and somewhat impressive owl of Eastern North America, common in woodland of the U.S. especially southerly; not known to range much north of the U.S. though occurring in parts of Canada, and not reported from the West, where apparently replaced by S. occidentalis." Elliot Coues, 1884

Barred Owl

"Strix nebulosa. Barred Owl. Hoot Owl. American Wood Owl. Toes fully feathered, nearly or quite to the…

Columba palumbus. European Ring Dove. Wood Pigeon. Plumage is gray with a pinkish-purplish breast and white on wing and neck.

European Ring Dove

Columba palumbus. European Ring Dove. Wood Pigeon. Plumage is gray with a pinkish-purplish breast and…

In architecture the frieze is the wide central section part of an entablature and may be plain or—in the Ionic or Corinthian order—decorated with bas-reliefs. Even when neither columns nor pilasters are expressed, on an astylar wall it lies upon the architrave ('main beam') and is capped by the moldings of the cornice.In interiors, the frieze of a room is the section of wall above the picture rail and under the crown moldings or cornice. By extension, a frieze is a long stretch of painted, sculpted or even calligraphic decoration in such a position, normally above eye-level. Frieze decorations may depict scenes in a sequence of discrete panels. The material of which the frieze is made of may be plasterwork, carved wood or other decorative medium.This image is "intended to convey an idea of the details of decoration which characterized the Renaissance style during its best period, and which display considerable grace and finish. They are based on the antique Roman type, but still display a peculiar independent treatment, as in the deeply under-cut foliage in the arabesques and the lightness and clearness of the stalks and tendrils."

Friezes at Venice

In architecture the frieze is the wide central section part of an entablature and may be plain or—in…

In architecture the frieze is the wide central section part of an entablature and may be plain or—in the Ionic or Corinthian order—decorated with bas-reliefs. Even when neither columns nor pilasters are expressed, on an astylar wall it lies upon the architrave ('main beam') and is capped by the moldings of the cornice.In interiors, the frieze of a room is the section of wall above the picture rail and under the crown moldings or cornice. By extension, a frieze is a long stretch of painted, sculpted or even calligraphic decoration in such a position, normally above eye-level. Frieze decorations may depict scenes in a sequence of discrete panels. The material of which the frieze is made of may be plasterwork, carved wood or other decorative medium.This image is "intended to convey an idea of the details of decoration which characterized the Renaissance style during its best period, and which display considerable grace and finish. They are based on the antique Roman type, but still display a peculiar independent treatment, as in the deeply under-cut foliage in the arabesques and the lightness and clearness of the stalks and tendrils."

Friezes at Venice

In architecture the frieze is the wide central section part of an entablature and may be plain or—in…