About This Artwork
Box, 17th century
Wooden box; covered with linen, plain weave; beaded with silk, linen, and glass beads; embroidered with silk and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk laid work and couching; silver hardware
21 x 31 x 17.5 cm (8 1/4 x 12 1/4 x 6 7/8 in.)
Restricted gift of Mrs. Edwin A. Seipp, 1965.781
Textiles
Not on Display
Exhibition, Publication and Ownership Histories
Exhibition History
The Art Institute of Chicago, "Masterpieces of Western Textiles," January 25–March 2, 1969
The Art Institute of Chicago, "European Needlework (Textile Furnishings) from the Permanent Collection," October 27, 1979–January 27, 1980
The Art Institute of Chicago, Agnes Allerton Gallery, "Seventeenth Century Textile Treasures from the Permanent Collection," March 12–June 15, 1983
Publication History
Christa Charlotte Mayer. Masterpieces of Western Textiles from The Art Institute of Chicago (Chicago: The Art Institute of Chicago, 1969), p.145, pl. 113.