Embroidered Casket with Old Testament Scenes, 1668
A small wooden casket covered in silk embroidery, with a sloped lid and four short bun feet. Its panels show figures in long dresses and hats among trees, buildings, animals and birds, worked in raised silk and metal thread. Stitches and seed pearls give the surface a richly textured finish.
- Artist
- Rebecca Stonier Plaisted
- Date
- 1668
- Medium
- Silk, warp-float faced satin weave; embroidered with silk floss, silk yarns, and silk-wrapped-metal purl in brick, bullion, Ceylon, chain, k
- Source
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Size
- 1686 × 1436 px
Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1668).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Art Institute of Chicago, is_public_domain=true)
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Art Institute of Chicago, is_public_domain=true)
Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, Purchased with funds provided by Mrs. Chauncey B. Borland and Mrs. Edwin A. Seipp
