Embroidered picture
date: label: Date
content: 18th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Rectangular embroidered picture showing Christ praying in the Garden of Gethsemane on the eve of his crucifixion. Three apostles asleep in foreground, an angel hovers above kneeling Christ in middle ground. Trees and buildings in background. Multi color silk and metallic yarns on cream silk plain weave foundation fabric. Note attached: "Mercur sale: From old English embroidered picture - Christ in background." Not in Fraser photo album. Very poor condition. Foundation fabric practically gone. Glued to a wooden board as received.
place: label: made in
content: Europe
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Textiles Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Anonymous Donor from the Fraser/Martin Collection
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1974-100-21
objectType: label: Type
content: embroidery & stitching
label: Type
content: Embroidered picture
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: silk, metallic Technique: embroidery on plain weave foundation
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 31 x 25.5 cm (12 3/16 x 10 1/16 in.)