Writing Box Depicting King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Textiles

Title

Writing Box Depicting King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba

Place

England (Object made in)

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Made 1601–1700

Medium

Wooden box; beaded with silk and glass beads; appliquéd with beaded figures worked over cotton padding and silk, satin weave; embroidered with silk in satin and single satin stitches; couching and seed pearls; metal hinges

Dimensions

13.3 × 35 × 25.8 cm (5 1/4 × 13 3/4 × 10 1/8 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur M. Wood, Mrs. Bertha Palmer Thorne, Mrs. Rose Movius Palmer, and Mrs. Gordon Palmer

Reference Number

1969.135

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