Embroidered Border: The Pharaoh Being Submerged in the Sea
1500s-1600s
Maker Unknown
Textiles
Embroidered Border: The Pharaoh Being Submerged in the Sea, 1500s-1600s. Italy, 16th-17th century. Plain weave linen; embroidery in silk; attached border of needle lace; overall: 18.1 x 43.2 cm (7 1/8 x 17 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of The Textile Arts Club 1939.352
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Embroidery
- Formatted Medium
- Plain weave linen; embroidery in silk; attached border of needle lace
- Dimensions
- Overall: 18.1 x 43.2 cm (7 1/8 x 17 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: Embroidered lettering in upper margin: EARAONESOMERSONECOMARE
- Departments
- Textiles
- Accession Number
- 1939.352
- Credit Line
- Gift of The Textile Arts Club
- Exhibitions
- Material Matters: Fifty Years of Gifts from the Textile Arts Club, Renaissance lace rotation, The Colours of Judaism in Italy: Precious Fabrics for Ceremonial Use,
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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