Two Ladies Personifying Taste and Touch (?)

British

third quarter 17th century

Not on view

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Title: Two Ladies Personifying Taste and Touch (?)
Date: third quarter 17th century
Culture: British
Medium: Silk satin worked with silk and metal thread, seed pearls, agate, carnelian, coral, rock crystal, glass beads, mica; detached buttonhole variations, tent, satin, long-and-short, seed, rococo, single knots, laid, and couching stitches
Dimensions: H. 18 1/8 x W. 22 1/8 inches (46 x 56.2 cm)
Classification: Textiles-Embroidered
Credit Line: Gift of Irwin Untermyer, 1964
Object Number: 64.101.1337
Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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