Textile book cover with Biblical scenes of Isaac, Samon and Saul

Details

• Title

  Textile book cover with Biblical scenes of Isaac, Samon and Saul

• Associated place

  Europe (place of creation)

• Date

  mid-17th century

• Material and technique

  silk and metal threads and padding on silk; back stitch, fly stitch, laid and couched stitches, long and short stitch, over stitch, split stitch, running and whip stitch

• Object type

  textile

• Dimensions

  21 cm (height)
  31 cm (width)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Bequeathed by J. Francis Mallett, 1947.

• Museum location

  not on display

• Museum department

  Western Art

• Accession no.

  WA1947.191.316

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