Embroidered picture
date: label: Date
content: 17th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Small oblong pictorial embroidery, possibly for a bible cover, worked in petit point in colored silks with metallic threads as background. On the left, a bearded man sitting at a table reading, with an angel standing over his shoulder and a bird above; on the right, a Moses holding the two tablets in front of his chest. Arranged in squares with a floral decoration in the center.
place: label: made in
content: England
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Textiles Department
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1959-170-3
objectType: label: Type
content: embroidery & stitching
label: Type
content: Embroidered picture
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: linen foundation, silk and metal wrapped around silk core embroidery Technique: embroidered
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 20 x 28 cm (7 7/8 x 11 in.)