
Cabinet or Box Depicting Scenes from the Old Testament
WW-1628-129857
1628·Silk, warp-float faced satin weave; embroidered with silk floss, silk yarns, and silk-wrapped-metal purl in brick, bullion, Ceylon, chain, knot, lattice filling, overcast, running, satin, Smyrna cross, tent, and a variety of buttonhole stitches; laid work, couching, and padded couching; French and Turkey knots; applied areas of linen, plain weave; seed pearls, coral beads, and mica; and silk, plain weave with ground weft fringe; edged with gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk and gilt-metal strip, plain weave; silver hardware; wooden frame; lined with marbled paper; silk, plain weave; and silk, plain weave with supplementary pile warps forming cut solid velvet·39 × 38.3 × 29 cm (15 3/8 × 15 × 11 1/2 in.)
Catalogue
- Year
- 1628
- Dimensions
- 39 × 38.3 × 29 cm (15 3/8 × 15 × 11 1/2 in.)
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
Record
Verified by WattsOS- Year
- 1628
- Dimensions
- 39 × 38.3 × 29 cm (15 3/8 × 15 × 11 1/2 in.)
- Watts ID
- WW-1628-129857
Source
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Source
- aic
- Reference
- View at source
- Status
- verified