Art Institute of Chicago

Cushion

Unrecorded artist

1695

Attribution

England

Medium

Front: silk, warp-float faced 4:1 satin weave; embroidered with silk, gilt- and silvered-metal strips, wire, coil, spangles, pins, beads, and gilt- and silvered-metal-wire-wrapped silk in satin and stem stitches; laid work, couching, and padded couching; seed pearls; silk and linen tassels; Back: silk, warp-float faced 7:1 satin weave self-patterned by ground weft floats; embellished by silvered-metal pins and tacks; edged with silvered-metal-strip-wrapped silk couched with silk threads

Physical dimensions

17.6 × 5 × 26.6 cm (7 × 2 × 10 3/8 in.)

Credit line

Gift of an anonymous donor