Bookbinding of repeat foliate pattern

William Sheldon

possibly made between 1561 and 1613

Bookbinding of repeat foliate pattern by William Sheldon

Medium

Wool, silk, silver-metal-wrapped thread, containing a seventeenth-century printed book

Dimensions

H. 4 1/2 x W. 2 1/2 inches (11.4 x 6.4 cm)

Classification

Textiles-Tapestries

Culture

British, possibly Barcheston or Bordesley

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Rogers Fund, by exchange, 1929

Accession Number

29.23.9

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Flowers

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