Orpheus Charming the Animals

Textiles

first half 17th century

England

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Textiles

Title: Orpheus Charming the Animals
Place: England (Object made in)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: 1600–1649
Medium: Linen plain weave embroidered in silk floss, silk chenille and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk; glass beads; applied braid
Dimensions: 21 × 31 cm (8 1/4 × 12 3/16 in.)
Credit Line: Grace R. Smith Textile Endowment
Reference Number: 2011.221
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Joy and Stephen Jarrett, Rebecca Scott, ” ‘Wrought with the Needle’ Art Treasures of English Domestic Embroidery, Elizabeth I - George II” Witney: Witney Antiques, 2010, cat. no. 14.

Art Institute of Chicago, Music and Movement: Rhythm in Textile Design, May 18, 2018-January 6, 2019.

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