Mirror Frame
1650-1675 (made)
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Unfinished panel designed for a lobed mirror frame. A manor house is stitched on the top and below it is a fishpond or a fountain surrounded by a rocky grotto.
Venus with an arrow and Paris with his shepherd’s staff and the golden apple are flanking the glass. In the top left corner is the personification of Summer, holding a basket with flowers on her lap. Moving clockwise, in the opposite corner is Autumn, with a sickle in one hand and a bunch of grapes in the other. Below is Winter, the only male personification of the Seasons, shown as an old, bearded man stretching his hands towards a cauldron fire pit. Spring holds a sickle and is placing a fruit in the basket on the ground next to her.
The silk satin panel is preserved still attached to the canvas strips originally used to stretch it on the embroidery frame.
Venus with an arrow and Paris with his shepherd’s staff and the golden apple are flanking the glass. In the top left corner is the personification of Summer, holding a basket with flowers on her lap. Moving clockwise, in the opposite corner is Autumn, with a sickle in one hand and a bunch of grapes in the other. Below is Winter, the only male personification of the Seasons, shown as an old, bearded man stretching his hands towards a cauldron fire pit. Spring holds a sickle and is placing a fruit in the basket on the ground next to her.
The silk satin panel is preserved still attached to the canvas strips originally used to stretch it on the embroidery frame.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Ivory silk satin embroidered in coloured silk threads, silk chenille and metal wire in satin stitch, Chinese knots, laid and couched work and raised work.
Individually embroidered floral slips of canvas worked in coloured silk threads in tent stitch are applied on the silk satin. |
| Brief description | Mirror frame of embroidered silk satin in coloured silks and metal thread, England, 1650-1675 |
| Physical description | Unfinished panel designed for a lobed mirror frame. A manor house is stitched on the top and below it is a fishpond or a fountain surrounded by a rocky grotto. Venus with an arrow and Paris with his shepherd’s staff and the golden apple are flanking the glass. In the top left corner is the personification of Summer, holding a basket with flowers on her lap. Moving clockwise, in the opposite corner is Autumn, with a sickle in one hand and a bunch of grapes in the other. Below is Winter, the only male personification of the Seasons, shown as an old, bearded man stretching his hands towards a cauldron fire pit. Spring holds a sickle and is placing a fruit in the basket on the ground next to her. The silk satin panel is preserved still attached to the canvas strips originally used to stretch it on the embroidery frame. |
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| Accession number | T.142-1931 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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