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Elizabeth Steell (British)
English
1721
Object Place: Britain
Medium/Technique
Linen plain weave embroidered with silk and metallic thread
Dimensions
45.5 x 37 cm (17 15/16 x 14 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
The Elizabeth Day McCormick Collection
Accession Number43.285
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionUndyed linen plain weave embroidered with silk and metallic in with two tablets in center with Verse from Exodus, Chap. XX; vase at bottom with floral serpentine lower border, two handled vases at bottom sides below figures of Moses and Aaron?; clouds above with two putti at center holding up crown; now unframed.
ProvenanceLent by Miss Elizabeth Day McCormick, February 15, 1943; gift of Elizabeth Day McCormick to MFA, 1943