Embroidered Picture Depicting an Allegory of Music
1601–1700
- Medium
- Probably linen, plain weave; appliquéd with silk, warp-float faced 4:1 satin weave over bast fiber padding; embroidered with silk, silk-wrapped-metal-wire coils, silvered-metal-strip-wrapped silk and feathers in bullion, buttonhole, detached twisted trammed buttonhole, encroaching Gobelin, individual back, raised stem and tent stitches; laid work and couching; embellished with mica
- Dimensions
- 21.9 × 35.2 cm (8 5/8 × 13 7/8 in.)
- Genre
- textile
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago
Tags
embellishedsilk (fiber)needlework (visual works)Textile