AN ITALIAN SILK EMBROIDERY CASKET
THE EMBROIDERY CIRCA 1720, THE CASKET 19TH CENTURY
The polychrome embroidery worked in bouillon and couching stitches on silk satin with silk and metallic thread, later mounted on a 19th century casket with ormolu feet, the interior in a blue moire silk
18 ¼ in. (46.4 cm.) high; 20 in. (50.8 cm.) wide; 9 ¼ in. (23.5 cm.) deep
AN ITALIAN SILK EMBROIDERY CASKET
THE EMBROIDERY CIRCA 1720, THE CASKET 19TH CENTURY
The polychrome embroidery worked in bouillon and couching stitches on silk satin with silk and metallic thread, later mounted on a 19th century casket with ormolu feet, the interior in a blue moire silk
18 ¼ in. (46.4 cm.) high; 20 in. (50.8 cm.) wide; 9 ¼ in. (23.5 cm.) deep
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