Embroidered Picture
1700-1750 (made)
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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.
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.
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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. |
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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. |
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Literary reference | Isaac greeting Rebecca, from Genesis Chapter 24. |
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Accession number | T.122-1930 |
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Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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