Needlework
1698
- Medium
- Silk, warp-float faced 4:1 satin weave; appliquéd with linen, plain weave; embroidered with silk in tent stitches and embroidered with silk, linen, gilt-metal strips, wires, purl, and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk in bullion, cross, satin, and stem stitches; raised work in a variety of buttonhole, raised stem, and trellis stitches with buttonhole and bullion picots; couching and embroidered cut pile; embellished with seed pearls and glass beads
- Dimensions
- 34.6 × 43.5 cm (15 5/8 × 17 1/8 in.)
- Genre
- Textile
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago
Tags
embellishedsilk (fiber)glassneedlework (visual works)stumpingTextile