Book Cover for Book of Psalms, Prayers, and Hymns

Textiles

17th century

England

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Textiles

Title: Book Cover for Book of Psalms, Prayers, and Hymns
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.: Made 1601–1700
Medium: Linen, plain weave; embroidered with silk and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk in plaited braid and tent stitches; raised darning
Dimensions: 9.8 × 6.4 cm (2 1/2 × 3 7/8 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. Charles H. Schweppe to the Needlework and Textile Guild
Reference Number: 1930.103
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Art Institute of Chicago, European Needlework (Textile Furnishings) from the Permanent Collection, Oct. 27, 1979–Jan. 27, 1980.
Art Institute of Chicago, Department of European Decorative Arts, Sept. 12, 2005-Jan. 9, 2006.

Mrs. Charles H. Schweppe (1879-1937; born Laura Abbie Shedd), Lake Forest, IL, by Feb. 17, 1930 [incoming receipt R4406, Feb. 17, 1930; copy in curatorial object file]; given through the Needlework and Textile Guild to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1930.

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