Writing Box Depicting King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba

Textiles

17th century

England

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

The Art Institute of Chicago, European Needlework (Textile Furnishings) from the Permanent Collection, October 27, 1979–January 27, 1980
The Art Institute of Chicago, Department of European Decorative Arts, Gallery 68/69 case, February 22, 1994- January 20, 1995
The Art Institute of Chicago, Department of European Decorative Arts, Gallery 68/69 case, March 29- September 11, 1996
The Art Institute of Chicago, Department of European Decorative Arts, Gallery 68/69 case, February 20, 1997- August 26, 1998
The Art Institute of Chicago, Department of European Decorative Arts, Gallery 68/69 case, December 31, 1998- September 17, 1999
The Art Institute of Chicago, Department of European Decorative Arts, Gallery 68/69 case, February 9, 2001- May 31, 2002
The Art Institute of Chicago, Department of European Decorative Arts, Gallery 68/69 case, September 23, 2004- January 14, 2005
The Art Institute of Chicago, Department of European Decorative Arts, Gallery 68/69 case, January 10- June 13, 2006

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