About This Artwork

England

Writing Box, 17th century

Wooden box; covered with linen, plain weave; embroidered with silk floss in back, running, and satin stitches; laid work and couching; edged with silvered-metal-strip-wrapped silk and silvered-metal strips, plain weave; lined with silk, plain weave and plain weave with supplementary pile warps forming cut solid velvet; silver hardware; two glass bottles inside
14.9 x 20.6 x 23.4 cm (5 7/8 x 8 1/8 x 9 1/4 in.)
Restricted gift of Mrs. Chauncey B. Borland, 1966.431

Exhibition, Publication and Ownership Histories

Exhibition History

The Art Institute of Chicago, "Masterpieces of Western Textiles," January 25–March 2, 1969

Chicago, Illinois, Continental Bank, "Textiles of Western Cultures from The Art Institute of Chicago," January 17–February 18, 1977

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

The Art Institute of Chicago, Elizabeth F. Cheney and Agnes Allerton Textile Galleries, "European Textile Masterpieces from Coptic Times through the 19th Century," September 27, 1989–January 22, 1990

Ownership History

Purchased from Otto Wasserman. New York.