Picture

Description

Picture of linen embroidered with coloured silk threads, silver and gilt metal threads and silver spangles, depicting 'The Visitation': English, by Edmund Harrison, 1637

Museum reference

A.1963.62

Collection

Fashion and Textiles

Object name

Picture

Production information

Harrison, Edmund, 1590 - 1667, Embroiderer
England, Northern Europe

Date

1637

Materials

Linen, Silk

Physical description

Linen embroidered with silk, silver, gilt metal threads

Exhibitions

• Textile Treasures

References

Tarrant, Naomi, Textile Treasures: An Introduction to European Decorative Textiles for Home and Church in the National Museums of Scotland, NMS Publishing Ltd, Edinburgh, 2001