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Base of gift basket
English
1650–75
Object Place: England
Medium/Technique
Polychrome glass, embroidery
Dimensions
32 x 43.5 cm (12 5/8 x 17 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
The Elizabeth Day McCormick Collection
Accession Number43.410
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionRaised work with polychrome glass beads embroidered on white silk satin and strung on wire. Design of large flowering plant in urn center; clouds, caterpiller, butterfly above; parrot (L), bird (R); frog and snail flank pond with fish below; 4 corner medallions with owl (UL), eagle (UR), leopard (LL), lion (LR). Condition: some holes in silk. Ex. Coll. Sidney Hand.
ProvenanceThe Elizabeth McCormick Collection, to the MFA 1943