Picture (Depicting the Creation)

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Textiles

Title

Picture (Depicting the Creation)

Place

England (Object made in)

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Made 1601–1700

Medium

Silk, warp-float faced 4:1 satin weave; embroidered with silk floss and frisé yarns, gilt-metal purl, gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk, metal pieces, and paillettes in detached chain, running, satin, split and tied herringbone stitches; laid work, couching, and padded couching

Dimensions

23.1 × 35.6 cm (9 1/8 × 14 in.)

Credit Line

Purchased with funds provided by Mrs. Chauncey B. Borland

Reference Number

1965.780

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