Book Cover for the Holy Bible
1690–1710
- Medium
- Linen, plain weave; embroidered with silk floss and silk creped yarns, gilt- and silvered-metal-strip-wrapped silk, and gilt-metal purl in reverse tent, satin, and tent stitches; couching and French knots
- Dimensions
- 15.6 × 9.6 × 4.7 cm (6 1/8 × 3 3/4 × 1 7/8 in.)
- Genre
- Textile
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago
Tags
silk (fiber)needlework (visual works)Textilebook