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Mirror Depicting King Charles II and Queen Catherine of Braganza

Mirror Depicting King Charles II and Queen Catherine of Braganza

England

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Date
17th century
Medium
Silk, satin weave; appliquéd with silk and linen, plain weaves, silk, satin cut solid velvet, and silk oblique interlaced tapes; embroidered with silk, linen, and silk-wrapped metal coils and wires in individual back, satin, single satin, tent, and a variety of buttonhole stitches; laid work, couching, cut and loop pile, bullion, and buttonhole picots; glass beads, mica, and seed pearls; edged in silk, plain weave tapes; tortoise shell frame
Dimensions
50.8 × 41.9 × 3.2 cm (20 × 16 1/2 × 1 1/4 in.)
Department
Textiles
Credit line
Purchased with funds provided by Mrs. Chauncey B. Borland and Mrs. Edwin A. Seipp
Subjects
portrait fruit rabbits fish water snail birds insects robes crowns animals flowers trees buildings