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Titles: | Embroidered Picture "Queen of Sheba" Embroidered Picture |
Date: | 1812 |
Artists: | Made by Mrs. Mary Esher (American, born 1800) From an engraving by Joseph H. Seymour (American, active 1791–1822) Designed and painted by Samuel Folwell (American, 1764–1813) |
Medium: | Silk satin weave with gouache; metal sequins; glass stones and beads; silk and metal thread embroidery in satin, chain, and couching stitches and laid work |
Dimensions: | Framed: 36 3/4 × 44 3/4 × 2 3/4 inches (93.3 × 113.7 × 7 cm) Unframed: 29 1/2 × 35 13/16 × 3/4 inches (74.9 × 91 × 1.9 cm) |
Classification: | Textiles |
Credit Line: | Gift of Ethel E. Burkart, 1963 |
Accession Number: | 1963-77-1 |
Geography: | Made in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America |
Context: | Period: antebellum |
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