Column-like pilasters flanking the arch-paneled doors, massive scale, bold carving, and gleaming brass hardware combine to create an object that approaches architecture in its solidity and scale.

By attaching side panels to straight-back chairs, easy chairs were developed in Europe during the seventeenth century as a means to protect the sitter from cold drafts.

The following essay is from the 1989 publication American Furniture in the Bybee Collection, by Charles L. Venable.

A technique in weaving whereby pattern yarn is added between two regular foundation yarns, also called warp patterning.

This striking and unusual textile differs significantly from the other examples of men's cloths (hinggi) in the Dallas Museum of Art collection. It is divided into seven horizontal bands, and its motifs and coloration produce a bold overall abstraction of aquatic life.

The name lau pahudu is derived from the verb hudu, which means "to land, to fish, to catch in a dip net," and pahudu, meaning something that has been "landed" or "caught." Appropriately, the dominant motif of this supplementary warp skirt is an extraordinary, large, and bold fish. 

Supplementary warp weaving, though rare in Indonesia, is practiced in East Nusa Tenggara (Lesser Sunda Islands) and on the islands of Bali, Timor, and Ternate, and on Tidore in the Moluccas. Best known, however, are women's skirts (lau pahudu) from Sumba. Here, these valuable cloths are woven by women of the nobility and worn by them only on important ceremonial occasions.

For centuries, forging gold dishes such as these was an important tradition on the small island of Kisar in western Maluku Tenggara. The first reference to these precious objects in Western literature dates to 1705.

This sarita is a truly spectacular example in which the paired panels display an unusual variety of finely executed motifs, creating a sense of vibrant rhythm. It has been crisply executed in the local batik technique and dyed with indigo.

The people of Kalumpang, in the region of the Sa'dan highlands to the northwest of Tana Toraja, are famed for their production of ikat textiles, which were used for ceremonial display or as shrouds.