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Embroidered picture
English
17th century
Object Place: England
Medium/Technique
Silk satin; embroidered with silk and silver and gold metallic yarns
Dimensions
39.53 x 49.82 cm (15 9/16 x 19 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
The Lloyd and Vivian Hawes Collection
Accession Number2000.763
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CollectionsEurope, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionWhite silk satin embroidered with Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden. Figures stand beneath oak tree with snake wound around its trunk created in raised embroidery. Figures surrounded by animals including kingfisher, stag, camel, donkey, goat and lamb. Background of picture speckled with small loops of metallic coil. Framed with 18th century frame encased in 20th century gilt frame. Condition: good, some small slits in satin, some coil loops missing, some metallic yarns detached, black stain at Adam's left shoulder.
ProvenanceBequest of Vivian Hawes