The Whole Booke of Davids Psalmes, with an embroidered cover

Printer Printed by T.C. for the Company of Stationers

ca. 1635

Not on view

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Title: The Whole Booke of Davids Psalmes, with an embroidered cover
Printer: Printed by T.C. for the Company of Stationers , London, 1635
Date: ca. 1635
Culture: British
Medium: Canvas worked with silk and metal threads, seed pearls; tent, Gobelin, and couching stitches
Dimensions: Overall: 4 3/4 x 3 1/2 in. (12.1 x 8.9 cm)
Classification: Textiles-Embroidered
Credit Line: Gift of Irwin Untermyer, 1964
Object Number: 64.101.1269
Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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