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Embroidered picture
ca. 1670
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States
Two sides of a stumpwork casket, in raised and padded embroidery with gold bobbin lace trimming. One panel shows Daphne as she is transformed into a laurel tree with branches sprouting from her head and hands.
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Details
- Title: Embroidered picture
- Date Created: ca. 1670
- Location Created: England
- Original Source: See this work of art on the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum website
- Medium: Medium: silk and metallic thread embroidery on silk foundation Technique: satin stitches and detached needle looping on satin weave
- Credit line: Gift of Myra M. and William H. Mathers
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