About this artwork
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Title
- Writing Box Depicting King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba
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Origin
- England
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Date
- Made 1601–1700
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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
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Dimensions
- 13.3 × 35 × 25.8 cm (5 1/4 × 13 3/4 × 10 1/8 in.)
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Credit Line
- Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur M. Wood, Mrs. Bertha Palmer Thorne, Mrs. Rose Movius Palmer, and Mrs. Gordon Palmer
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Reference Number
- 1969.135
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