EditorialPart of an Antependium (Depicting The Last Supper). Germany. Date: 1300-1310. Dimensions: 38.3 x 39.4 cm (15 1/8 x 15 1/2 in.). Linen, plain weave; embroidered with linen and silk in pulled thread work in chained border, overcast, and two-sided Italian...
EditorialWoman?s Ao (Short Robe), Qing dynasty (1644?1911), 1875/1900, Han-Chinese, China, Silk, warp-float faced 7:1 satin weave, embroidered with silk and gold-leaf-over-lacquered-paper-strip-wrapped silk in knot, satin and stem stitches, laid work and couchi...
EditorialSampler, 1800/50, Stitched by Emma Riches (American, c. 1801?1825), United States, Wool, balanced plain weave, embroidered with silk in back, cross, satin and single satin stitches, laid work and couching, 44.8 x 33.1 cm (17 5/8 x 13 in.).
EditorialFukusa (Gift Cover), early Meiji period (1868?1912), 1870/80, Japan, Mon side: wool, plain weave, fulled (gorofukuren), embroidered with silk and gold-leaf-on-lacquer?d-paper-strip wrapped cotton in laidwork, couching and paper padded couching, lined w...
EditorialKesa, Meiji period (1868?1912), 1870/1900, Japan, Wool, warp-float faced 4:1 satin weave, embroidered with silk, in satin and paper-padded satin stiches, laidwork and couching, lined with silk, 4:1 satin damask, 80.1 x 63.2 cm (31 1/2 x 24 7/8 in.).
EditorialPanel with Biblical vignettes, 1667, British, Canvas worked with wool, silk, and metal thread, glass beads, mica, silk satin; long-and-short, stem, split, chain, knots, cross, and couching stitches, Overall: 20 1/8 x 27 in. (51.1 x 68.6 cm), Textiles-E...
EditorialPicture (Susannah and the Elders). England. Date: 1695-1715. Dimensions: 61.8 ? 87.6 cm (24 3/8 ? 34 1/2 in.). Linen, plain weave; embroidered with silk floss in long and short, up and down shading, stem, outline, back, couching, satin, chain, knot, bu...
EditorialBorder. Switzerland or Germany. Date: 1601-1650. Dimensions: 11.8 ? 72.6 cm (4 5/8 ? 28 1/2 in.). Linen, plain weave; embroidered with silk in back, double running, overcast, running, and split stitches; couching and French knots; edged with silk and l...
EditorialL'Hiver (Winter). After Antoine-Pierre Mongin (French, 1761-1827); Possibly produced by Camille Pernon et Cie.; France, Lyon. Date: 1801-1825. Dimensions: 81.5 ? 95.8 cm (32 ? 37 3/4 in.). Silk, warp-float faced satin weave; embroidered with silk and c...
EditorialMyddelton Biddulph Armorial Medallion. Designed by Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin (English, 1812-1852) for Chirk Castle Red Drawing Room and Saloon; Wales, Wrexham, Chirk. Date: 1841-1851. Dimensions: 42.2 x 36.3 cm (16 5/8 x 14 1/4 in.). Linen, plain ...
EditorialMyddelton Biddulph Armorial Medallion. Designed by Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin (English, 1812-1852) for Chirk Castle Red Drawing Room and Saloon; England, Wales, Wrexham, Chirk. Date: 1841-1851. Dimensions: 42.2 x 36 cm (16 5/8 x 14 1/8 in.). Linen,...
EditorialPicture (Susannah and the Elders). England. Date: 1695-1715. Dimensions: 61.8 ? 87.6 cm (24 3/8 ? 34 1/2 in.). Linen, plain weave; embroidered with silk floss in long and short, up and down shading, stem, outline, back, couching, satin, chain, knot, bu...
EditorialFragment (From an Orphrey Band). Germany. Date: 1501-1600. Dimensions: 32 x 16.1 cm (12 5/8 x 6 3/8 in.). Linen, plain weave; appliqu?d with linen, plain weave; embroidered with silk, gilt-animal-substrate-wrapped silk, linen, and wool in split stitche...
EditorialPicture (Probably from an Orphrey Band Depicting Christ before Mary Magdalene). Germany, possibly Cologne. Date: 1400-1425. Dimensions: 17.2 x 24.8 cm (6 3/4 x 9 3/4 in.). Linen, plain weave; appliqu?d with silk, satin weave and linen plain weave; embr...
EditorialAltar Frontal Depicting Scenes from the Life of Christ. Spain. Date: 1575-1600. Dimensions: 106.7 x 236 cm (42 x 92 7/8 in.). Silk, warp-float faced broken warp chevron twill weave with supplementary pile warps forming cut solid velvet; appliqu?d with ...
EditorialPart of an Antependium (Depicting The Last Supper). Germany. Date: 1300-1310. Dimensions: 38.3 x 39.4 cm (15 1/8 x 15 1/2 in.). Linen, plain weave; embroidered with linen and silk in pulled thread work in chained border, overcast, and two-sided Italian...
EditorialPanel (From a Skirt). France. Date: 1801-1850. Dimensions: 117.4 ? 214.4 cm (46 1/4 ? 84 1/2 in.). Silk, satin weave; embroidered with gold metal wrapped over a silk fibre core, gold fris?, silk, gold metal formed ornaments, "purl," spangles, gold meta...
EditorialSampler. Katherine Veren (English, active c. 1676); England. Date: 1676. Dimensions: 73.3 ? 21.2 cm (28 7/8 ? 8 3/8 in.) Matted: 71.1 ? 91.4 cm (28 ? 36 in.). Linen, plain weave; bands of cut and drawn thread work in interlocking lace and Romanian sti...
EditorialSampler. Rebecah Garland (American, active c. 1704); United States. Date: 1704. Dimensions: 20.8 x 16.4 cm (8 1/4 x 6 1/2 in.). Linen, plain weave; embroidered with silk floss in Algerian eye, buttonhole, cross and marking cross stitches; laid work and...