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Cushion with Solomon and Sheba

Unknown Artist

The scene of Solomon and the Queen of Sheba was probably worked from a commercially available kit, as a raised-work embroidery of the same design is also known.

Credit: Gift of Irwin Untermyer, 1964

Mid-17th century
Canvas worked with silk and metal thread, seed pearls; tent, gobelin, and couching stitches
14.0 x 17.7cm
64.101.1271
Image and text © Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2019

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