Bookbinding of repeat foliate pattern
William Sheldon
possibly made between 1561 and 1613
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
Tags
Flowers