Embroidered picture
1700
- Medium
- Medium: silk, silk wrapped wire, mica Technique: raised embroidery on silk 8-harness satin weave with stitches including satin, stem, brick, knot and cross with couching and detached looping
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An unfinished embroidered picture, worked only on left side and lower edge. The remainder of the picture was drawn on the silk. The central area shows a man with a woman holding a stringed instrument, under an arch covered in flowers and fruit.