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Unknown
Embroidered Casketcirca 1670

Not on view
No image
Artist or Maker
Unknown
Title
Embroidered Casket
Place Made
England
Date Made
circa 1670
Medium
Silk satin with silk and metallic-thread embroidery, silk crochet, linen crochet, silk-wrapped metal purl, metal purl, metallic braid, seed pearls, and silk plain weave, with wood and metal
Dimensions
with hardware: 7 3/8 × 11 × 10 1/2 in. (18.73 × 27.94 × 26.67 cm)
Credit Line
Purchased with funds provided by Mrs. Gordon Knight Smith
Accession Number
M.58.5
Classification
Furnishings
Collecting Area
Decorative Arts and Design
Selected Bibliography
  • Kahlenberg, Mary Hunt. Fabric and Fashion: Twenty Years of Costume Council Gifts. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1974.