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Embroidered Picture

1700-1750 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Silk embroidery on linen in tent stitch. The design depicts Isaac greeting Rebecca. At the left, Eliezer is busy with a camel under a tree, and the ass from which Rebecca has dismounted grazes in the foreground. Rebecca advances coyly to the right holding a blue veil by her face, while a Black slave holds an umbrella over her head. Isaac, on the right, hurries eagerly to the left to greet Rebecca with outstretched hands. Behind him is a tree, before which a rabbit is browsing while Rebecca's little black dog runs towards it. Two birds flutter in the sky and the sun's rays break forth from a blue cloud.
The range of colours is limited to three or four shades of green, grey brown in two shades, rose, two shades of blue, yellow, black, cream, white, and orange-brown.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Silk embroidery on linen
Brief description
Embroidered, Isaac and Rebecca; England; 1700-50.
Physical description
Silk embroidery on linen in tent stitch. The design depicts Isaac greeting Rebecca. At the left, Eliezer is busy with a camel under a tree, and the ass from which Rebecca has dismounted grazes in the foreground. Rebecca advances coyly to the right holding a blue veil by her face, while a Black slave holds an umbrella over her head. Isaac, on the right, hurries eagerly to the left to greet Rebecca with outstretched hands. Behind him is a tree, before which a rabbit is browsing while Rebecca's little black dog runs towards it. Two birds flutter in the sky and the sun's rays break forth from a blue cloud.
The range of colours is limited to three or four shades of green, grey brown in two shades, rose, two shades of blue, yellow, black, cream, white, and orange-brown.
Dimensions
  • Length: 16in
  • Width: 12in
Credit line
Given by Mrs F. H. Cook
Object history
Registered File no. 1930/7644. Same composition is seen in centre of T.45-1937.
Subjects depicted
Literary referenceIsaac greeting Rebecca, from Genesis Chapter 24.
Collection
Accession number
T.122-1930

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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