Mirror Showing King Charles II, Queen Catherine of Braganza, and Scenes from the Old Testament
1660–1670
- Medium
- Silk, warp-float faced 7:1 satin weave; embroidered with silk floss and yarns, gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk, gilt metal purl and cardboard in brick, overcast, running, satin, and split stitches; couching, padded couching and laid work; French knots, braided pom pons and seed pearls; in tortoise-shell frame
- Dimensions
- 101.9 × 74.1 cm (40 1/8 × 29 1/4 in.)
- Genre
- Textile
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago
Tags
gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silksilk (textile)needlework (visual works)satin weavingTextilecouching (embroidering)embroidering