England
Picture Depicting the Queen of Sheba before King Solomon
INV-1515
England1601/50
Picture Depicting the Queen of Sheba before King Solomon
England
17th Centuryneedlework (visual works)textile
Date
1601/50
Medium
Silk, warp-float faced 7:1 satin weave; appliquéd with silk, warp-float faced 7:1 satin and plain weaves; painted; embroidered with silk, silk 2:2 twill oblique interlaced tapes, gilt- and silvered-metal-strip-wrapped silk, and gilt- and silvered-metal strips, coils, wires and paillettes in satin, single satin, raised stem and a variety of buttonhole stitches; laid work and couching; feathers; glass beads and seed pearls
Dimensions
29.3 × 38.8 × 6.4 cm (11 1/2 × 15 1/4 × 2 1/2 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Gift of Mrs. Laurance H. Armour, Sr. in memory of her mother, Mrs. Henry Malcolm Withers
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