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1613 (made)
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Place of origin

Silk embroidery on linen in petit point and French knots. The front side depicts the sacrfice of Isaac; the back depicts Jonah and the whale. On front, back, and spine are stem borders with flowers, fruit, and insects.


Object details

Category
Object type
Materials and techniques
Silk embroidery on linen
Brief description
Embroidered in silk on linen in petit point, depicting the sacrifice of Isaac and Jonah and the whale; English, 1613.
Physical description
Silk embroidery on linen in petit point and French knots. The front side depicts the sacrfice of Isaac; the back depicts Jonah and the whale. On front, back, and spine are stem borders with flowers, fruit, and insects.
Dimensions
  • Length: 9in
  • Width: 6.5in
  • Depth: 2.5in
Marks and inscriptions
  • '1613' (On back)
  • 'E I' (On front; for Elizabeth Illingworth)
Object history
Purchased from Messrs. Delomosne & Son, with money from the Bryan Bequest Funds. Registered file no. 1929/8466. Contains a Bible of 1610 and Book of Common Prayer of 1611.
Historical context
See T.143-1962 for details of design source. Jonah and the whale: woodcut by Jost Amman, (1539-1591) in Neue Biblischen Figuren. Frankfurt-am-Main: 1564. Abraham and Isaac: engraving by Petrus de Jode (1570-1634), in Metropolitan Museum, NYC?
Subjects depicted
Literary references
  • Book of Jonah
  • Book of Genesis 22.1-24
Collection
Accession number
T.134-1929

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Record createdMarch 8, 2007
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