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German
1745
Object Place: Germany
Medium/Technique
Linen plain weave embroidered with silk
Dimensions
109.5 x 26.3 cm (43 1/8 x 10 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of James William Paige
Accession Number95.1122
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionWhite linen embroidered with colored silks. In the middle are Adam and Eve on each side of a tree. Above are angels, animals, flowers, conventional forms, and a wreath enclosing a crown, the initials "C.W.H.G." and the date 1745. Below are a man, two women, a child, animals, birds, flowers, letters and numbers. Stitches: cross, Italian cross, long-armed cross, Montenegrin cross, two-sided Italian cross
ProvenanceGift of James William Paige to MFA, 1895