Embroidered picture with Abraham entertaining the Angels

Details

• Title

  Embroidered picture with Abraham entertaining the Angels

• Associated place

  Europe (place of creation)

• Date

  2nd half of the 17th century

• Material and technique

  silk and metal threads on linen; braid stitch, French knots, laid and couched stitching, Gobelin stitch, overcast stitch, rococo stitch, stem stitch and tent stitch

• Object type

  textile

• Dimensions

  31 x 41 cm (height x width)
  mount 46 x 57 cm (height x width)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Bequeathed by J. Francis Mallett, 1947.

• Museum location

  Lower ground floor | Gallery 5 | Textiles

• Museum department

  Western Art

• Accession no.

  WA1947.191.314

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