Panel
date: label: Date
content: early 17th century
notes: label: Description
content: Small embroidered panel with two scenes from the Labors of Hercules: in the lower left corner, Hercules with the three-headed dog, and in the lower right corner, Hercules wrestling with a lion. A monkey sits between these two scenes, while a deer, a warthog, and a dog fill the background. Framed by a curving border of berries. Embroidered in gold metallic threads and polychrome silks on an ivory silk foundation.
place: label: made in
content: England or Northern Europe
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Textiles Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Bequest of Gertrude M. Oppenheimer
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1981-28-124
objectType: label: Type
content: embroidery & stitching
label: Type
content: Panel
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: silk, metal-wrapped silk, and metal embroidery on silk foundation Technique: embroidered in satin, chain, knot, stem, and couching stitches on 7&1 satin foundation
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 20.3 x 26 cm (8 x 10 1/4 in.)