Embroidered picture frame
date: label: Date
content: 17th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Picture frame with scalloped top. Biblical scenes including the story of Abraham on border. Justice in a medallion at top. Central portion filled in later with the figures of two women. The lower case initials l.l. are at bottom. Difference in size of background stitches indicates work was done at two different times. Unfinished.
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: 1981-28-119
objectType: label: Type
content: embroidery & stitching
label: Type
content: Embroidered picture frame
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: silk embroidery on linen foundation Technique: embroidered in tent and half cross stitches on plain weave foundation
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 41.9 x 38.7 cm (16 1/2 x 15 1/4 in.)