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Bookbinding of repeat foliate pattern, William Sheldon, Wool, silk, silver-metal-wrapped thread, containing a seventeenth-century printed book, British, possibly Barcheston or Bordesley — Bookbinding of repeat foliate pattern
Attributed to the weaving workshop funded by William Sheldon
possibly made between 1561 and 1613

Judith with the Head of Holofernes and Her Maid, William Sheldon, Wool, silk, silver-gilt thread (24 warps per inch, 10 per cm.), British, probably Barcheston or Bordesley — Judith with the Head of Holofernes and Her Maid
Attributed to the weaving workshop funded by William Sheldon
Designer Partly based on a design invented by Frans Floris I
Engraver and disseminated in print form by Jan (Johannes) Wierix
probably made between 1561 and 1613

The Sacrifice of Isaac, William Sheldon, Silk, wool, silver-thread (27-29 warps per inch, 12 per cm.), British, probably Barcheston or Bordesley — The Sacrifice of Isaac
Attributed to the weaving workshop funded by William Sheldon
Related to a composition by Cornelis Bos
Related to a woodcut by Bernard Salomon
probably made between 1561 and 1613

History of the Heathen Gods and Heros of Antiquity, to which is added an original translation of the Battle of the Gods and Giants

Multiple artists/makers

1810

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