Switzerland

Picture (Needlepoint)

1616
Linen, plain weave; embroidered with silk floss, linen yarns, and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk in bullion, buttonhole, detached buttonhole, chain, cross, half cross, long-armed cross, overcast, satin, and threaded herringbone stitches; laid work, couching, and buttonhole couching; edged with silk, plain weave with extended ground weft fringe
66 × 75.1 cm (26 × 29.6 in)

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