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Embroidered picture

17th century · 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

From the collection of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

About this work

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.

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum’s own description

Subjects

Embroidery (visual works)

Credit lineEmbroidered picture. 17th century. Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, Gift of Sarah Cooper Hewitt. CC0.

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