Casket Depicting Scenes from the Old Testament

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Textiles

Artist

Rebecca Stonier Plaisted

Title

Casket Depicting Scenes from the Old Testament

Place

England (Object made in:)

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Made 1628–1668

Medium

Silk, warp-float faced satin weave; embroidered with silk floss, silk yarns, and silk-wrapped-metal purl in brick, bullion, Ceylon, chain, knot, lattice filling, overcast, running, satin, Smyrna cross, tent, and a variety of buttonhole stitches; laid work, couching, and padded couching; French and Turkey knots; applied areas of linen, plain weave; seed pearls, coral beads, and mica; and silk, plain weave with ground weft fringe; edged with gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk and gilt-metal strip, plain weave; silver hardware; wooden frame; lined with marbled paper; silk, plain weave; and silk, plain weave with supplementary pile warps forming cut solid velvet

Inscriptions

Inscription: R.S. I.P. 1668

Dimensions

39 × 38.3 × 29 cm (15 3/8 × 15 × 11 1/2 in.)

Credit Line

Purchased with funds provided by Mrs. Chauncey B. Borland and Mrs. Edwin A. Seipp

Reference Number

1959.337

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