Box (Needlework)
1660–1680
- Medium
- Silk, warp-float faced 7:1 satin weave; embroidered with silk and gilt-metal strips in couching; beaded with glass beads; edged with silk and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk, plain weave; wooden frame covered with paper
- Dimensions
- 41.6 × 38.8 × 10.2 cm (16 3/8 × 15 1/4 × 4 in.); 45.8 × 42.6 × 12.7 cm (18 × 16 3/4 × 5 in.)
- Genre
- textile
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago
Tags
needlepoint (needleworking)beading (process)flowerspeoplegilt-and-silvered-metal-strip-wrapped silkfloral arrangementssilk (textile)needlework (visual works)satin weavingTextile