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Embroidered Cabinet1645-1655

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Small rectangular needlework-covered box with hinged lid and two front doors, embroidered in tent stitch with multi-figure scenes in red, blue, yellow, and green on a cream ground
Embroidered casket with hinged lid, covered in fine needlework depicting figurative scenes on each panel; front shows reclining figures in an interior setting, side panel features a group of figures in a landscape, floral and animal motifs border the lid and upper edges, worked in polychrome silk and metallic threads on canvas ground.
Embroidered casket with hinged lid, front panels depicting multiple figures in period dress within landscape settings, worked in polychrome silk thread with red, blue, and yellow tones; floral motifs along upper border and metal lock hardware at center.
Small painted and embroidered cabinet with open doors, revealing a central mirror flanked by drawers. Interior and door panels decorated with standing female figures in arched settings, surrounded by animals, flowers, fruit, and landscape scenes in polychrome on a pale ground.
Painted wooden cabinet opened to reveal interior mirror flanked by two standing female figures in arched niches on the lid; outer doors painted with additional standing figures under arches; central section with small drawers and lock, decorated with polychrome scenes of animals, fruit, trees, and landscapes in oval cartouches against a cream ground.
Title
Embroidered Cabinet
Place Made
England
Date Made
1645-1655
Medium
Linen plain weave and silk satin with silk embroidery, metallic braid, silk plain weave, and mirrored glass with metal and wood
Dimensions
10 1/4 × 12 1/8 × 7 7/8 in. (26.04 × 30.8 × 20 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John A. McCone
Accession Number
M.79.39.3a-g
Classification
Tools and Equipment
Collecting Area
Costume and Textiles
Selected Bibliography
  • Making Her Mark: a History of Women Artists in Europe, 1400-1800. Toronto: Art Gallery of Ontario, 2023.
  • Nguyen, Patricia Wilson. "On Female Education: Projects of Mastery in Seventeenth-Century English Boarding Schools." Winterthur Portfolio 59, no.1 (2025): 5-63.