Embroidered picture with Solomon and the Queen of Sheba

Details

• Title

  Embroidered picture with Solomon and the Queen of Sheba

• Associated place

  Europe › United Kingdom › England (place of creation)

• Date

  late 17th century

• Material and technique

  silk, linen and metal threads, parchment (possibly), pearls, peacock feathers and wire on linen; linen patches on the reverse; appliqué, detached needlepoint, modified Gobelin stitch and raised work

• Object type

  textile

• Dimensions

  31 x 43 cm (height x width)
  mount 36 x 51 cm (height x width)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Presented by C.M.D. Peters, 1994.

• Museum location

  Lower ground floor | Gallery 5 | Textiles

• Museum department

  Western Art

• Accession no.

  WA1994.142

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