In this post I would like to show some more furniture pieces from the plates in the books ' Die Zimmergotik in Deutsch Tirol ' by Fr...

Recently I bought an antique set of seven 'books' on 'Die Zimmergotik in Deutsch Tirol [late medieval woodwork in Tirol] by Fran...

 The results of the dilution test after 24 hours in the madder solution. With the first experiment on colouring antler with madder done, the...

I have been quite intrigued by the red coloured medieval tablemen that are found in the different museum collections around the world (for i...

  A game of "strip"-backgammon in manuscript. Welscher Gast by Thomasin von Zerklaere. Around 1256, Bayern, Germany. Codex Pal ger...

Normally, when you visit a castle or a museum and look at the furniture, you will only see the front and sides. Only rarely you will see a g...