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Culture:English
Title:pictorial embroidery
Date Made:ca. 1650
Type:Textile
Materials:textile: polychrome silk embroidery; off-white, satin-weave silk ground; unbleached, plain-weave linen foundation
Place Made:United Kingdom; England
Measurements:framed: 19 in x 23 1/8 in; 48.26 cm x 58.7375 cm
Accession Number:  HD 57.058
Museum Collection:  Historic Deerfield
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Description:
Pictorial embroidery polychrome silk slips on tan, satin-weave silk ground. Two central couples are depicted, a dressed man and woman and Adam and Eve. Adam and Eve are depicted flanking a tree with the serpent coiled around the trunk are at the lower center of the composition. Around them are a man and woman, a winged angel, and a wide range of animals including griffins, tiger, rabbit, squirrel, birds and insects, and exotic flowers.

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