Picture Depicting the Queen of Sheba before King Solomon
1601–1650
- Medium
- Silk, warp-float faced 7:1 satin weave; appliquéd with silk, warp-float faced 7:1 satin and plain weaves; painted; embroidered with silk, silk 2:2 twill oblique interlaced tapes, gilt- and silvered-metal-strip-wrapped silk, and gilt- and silvered-metal strips, coils, wires and paillettes in satin, single satin, raised stem and a variety of buttonhole stitches; laid work and couching; feathers; glass beads and seed pearls
- Dimensions
- 29.3 × 38.8 × 6.4 cm (11 1/2 × 15 1/4 × 2 1/2 in.)
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago
Tags
buildingspaintsilk (fiber)lionsCrownsinsectsglasspearlappliqué (technique)17th Centuryflowersgilt-and-silvered-metal-strip-wrapped silkbirdsChristian subjectsfeathercloudsneedlework (visual works)portraits: multiple subjectssatin weavingTextilequeensdressescouching (embroidering)stitchingneedleworkingkinglaid workembroideringplain weaving