About This Artwork

England

Insertion from a Table Cover, 1601/25

Linen, plain weave; ink drawing; embroidered with silk and linen in chain and running stitches; cut and drawn work embroidered with linen in buttonhole, overcast, and Russian overcast stitches; with needle lace filling stitches
16.3 x 23.2 cm (6 3/8 x 9 1/8 in.)
Gift of Mrs. Chauncey B. Borland through the Needlework and Textile Guild, 1927.537d