About This Artwork

England

Dressing Box Depicting the Finding of Moses and Scenes from Abraham and Hagar, c. 1668

Wooden box; covered with silk, satin weave; appliquéd with silk and linen, plain weaves and twill plaited tapes; embroidered with silk, metal threads, and linen in a variety of stitches; laid work, buttonhole couching, couching, and French knots; mica and pearls; edged with woven tape; silver feet
21.3 x 38.7 x 32.4 cm (8 3/8 x 15 1/4 x 12 3/4 in.)
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur M. Wood, Bertha Palmer Thorne, Rose Movius Palmer, and Mrs. Gordon Palmer, 1969.136

Exhibition, Publication and Ownership Histories

Exhibition History

The Art Institute of Chicago, "European Embroideries of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries," Special Loan Exhibition held under the auspices of The Antiquarian Society, May 22-June 29, 1941, cat. no. 63, Lent by Mrs. Potter Palmer

The Art Institute of Chicago, "European Needlework (Textile Furnishings) from the Permanent Collection," October 27, 1979–January 27, 1980

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

Publication History

G. Saville Seligman, "Domestic Needlework, its origins and customs throughout the centuries," (London: Country Life, 1926), pl. 88 (ill.)

"European Embroideries of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries," Special Loan Exhibition held under the auspices of The Antiquarian Society, The Art Institute of Chicago, May 22-June 29, 1941, cat. no. 63