Embroidered picture
date: label: Date
content: late 17th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Small embroidered picture depicting the story of Judith and Holofernes, worked almost entirely in knot stitches on white silk using colored silks and metallic threads. Judith, holding a sword in one hand and the head of Holofernes in the other, is about to drop the head into a sack which her attendant holds out. The body of Holofernes is seen just behind her, inside a tent. In the background are an encampment of tents, the walls and towers of a settlement, and mountains. Judith is dressed in a mantle and pointed headdress. The attendant is dressed in simpler costume of buff skirt and blue overdress with a scarf and headdress. The faces are worked in knot stitch and only details of eyebrows, lips and hair are in satin stitch.
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: Museum purchase through gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1950-98-1
objectType: label: Type
content: embroidery & stitching
label: Type
content: Embroidered picture
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: silk, metallic threads, sequins, linen (backing) Technique: embroidered using knot, split, satin, surface satin, and couching stitches on silk plain weave; plain weave linen backing
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 21 x 28 cm (8 1/4 x 11 in.)