Panel (Showing Symbols of the Four Seasons)

France

Date

17th century

Medium

Silk, satin weave self-patterned by reversing of faces; embroidered with silk floss, gold and silver gilt strips wound around silk fiber cores, in cross, running, satin, padded satin and split stitches; French knots; couching and laidwork

Dimensions

86 × 278.1 cm (33 7/8 × 109 1/2 in.)

Department

Textiles

Credit line

Purchased with funds provided by the Needlework and Textile Guild and the Frances Glessner Lee Foundation