Embroidered picture
date: label: Date
content: 16th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Panel, almost square, of elaborate embroidery in silk and gold on ground of dark green satin. Central oval with embroidered pictorial representation of the "Adoration of the Christ Child," white background, figures in light colors and metal (worn center and upper right). Elaborate enframement of embroidered design in gold and colored silks. Strapwork pattern combined with flowers, fruit, birds, winged heads of cherubs, and sphinxes in profile. In each corner, an angelic figure, winged, bearing in right hand, a flower, in left, a censer. An embroidered frame in gold may be a later date.
place: label: made in
content: Italy
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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: 1955-147-1
objectType: label: Type
content: embroidery & stitching
label: Type
content: Embroidered picture
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: silk, metal foil wrapped around silk core Technique: stem and split stitch embroidery
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 47.7 x 44.8 cm (18 3/4 x 17 5/8 in.)