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Picture Depicting Adam and Eve (Needlework)

17th century
Linen, plain weave; embroidered with silk and creped silk yarns, gilt-metal purl and wire, gilt-metal-wire-wrapped silk, and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk in buttonhole filling, raised and couched buttonhole, plaited braid, square chain, and tent stitches; knots, knotted pile, and couching; glass beads
30.5 × 45.1 cm (12 × 17.8 in)

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