Bookbinding of repeat foliate pattern
William Sheldon
Date: possibly made between 1561 and 1613
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
Culture: British, possibly Barcheston or Bordesley
Themes: Flowers
Rogers Fund, by exchange, 1929
Date range
1556 – 1618
Largest dimension
6.4 cm
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