The Judgement of Solomon
date: label: Date
content: late 17th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Solomon enthroned with sage before him on left. Two women with baby on ground and baby held up by sword-wielder on right. Two castles in background, sun and clouds, tree with squirrel, lion, parakeet in tree, fishpond, other bird in tree, leopard in foreground. Scattered floral and insect motifs overall.
place: label: made in
content: England
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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: 1981-28-37
objectType: label: Type
content: embroidery & stitching
label: Object Name
content: Embroidered picture
label: Type
content: Embroidered picture
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: silk embroidery on silk foundation with metal, wood, seed pearls, mica Technique: embroidered in flat satin, stem, and back and knot stitches on seven and one satin foundation. Relief by a variety of looping, wrapping, and braiding and silk wrapped flexible coils.
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 34.6 x 45.7 cm (13 5/8 x 18 in.)