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Adam and Eve (embroidered picture)
English
17th century
Object Place: England
Medium/Technique
Silk satin embroidered with silk, metal thread, metal wrapped paper, and sequins; wood frame with glass
Dimensions
45 x 31.7 x 3.5 cm (17 11/16 x 12 1/2 x 1 3/8 in.) Including frame
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Samuel Cabot
Accession Number50.3174
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionEmbroidered picture; Adam and Eve; horizontal rectangle; white satin ground with closely-spaced embroidered design showing Adam and Eve standing under apple tree with serpent twined about trunk; man standing left background, woman in right background; child in left foreground; great variety of animals including stag, lion, dogs and birds, cow; sun upper left, crescent moon and stars upper right; background satin covered throughout with minute blue stars and metal dots; worked with polychrome silks, gold and silver metal thread, gold and silver bouillion thread, colored-and-metal bouillion thread, metal sequins, in satin, knot, stem, star and couching stitches; in gilded frame.