Bookbinding of repeat foliate pattern

Attributed to the weaving workshop funded by William Sheldon

possibly made between 1561 and 1613

Not on view

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Title: Bookbinding of repeat foliate pattern
Maker: Attributed to the weaving workshop funded by William Sheldon (Barcheston, Warwickshire and Bordesley, Worcestershire)
Date: possibly made between 1561 and 1613
Culture: British, possibly Barcheston or Bordesley
Medium: Wool, silk, silver-metal-wrapped thread, containing a seventeenth-century printed book
Dimensions: H. 4 1/2 x W. 2 1/2 inches (11.4 x 6.4 cm)
Classification: Textiles-Tapestries
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, by exchange, 1929
Object Number: 29.23.9
Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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