Panel (Judith with the head of Holofernes, Possibly from an Altar Frontal)
1580–1610
- Medium
- Linen, plain weave; embroidered with silk, linen, and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped linen in back, a variety of buttonhole, chain, square chain, cross, long-armed cross, eyelet, herring bone, threaded herringbone, knotted, interlocking lace, overcast, running, double running, satin, and stem stitches; couching; edged with linen and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped linen bobbin lace
- Dimensions
- 51.5 × 99.1 cm (20 1/4 × 39 in.)
- Genre
- Textile
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago
Tags
bobbin laceowlsilk (fiber)womangilt-metal-strip-wrapped linenlionswreathsbirdlinen (material)liturgicalswordsflowerspeoplebirdsmanneedlework (visual works)HeadTextileunicornsfoliagecouching (embroidering)embroideringplain weaving