Box Depicting Animals. Insects, and Flowers

Title	Box Depicting Animals. Insects, and Flowers
Artist	England
Date	17th century
Medium	Wooden box; covered with linen, plain weave; beaded with silk, linen, and glass beads; embroidered with silk and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk laid work and couching; silver hardware
Classification	textile
Origin	England

Themes: Entomological plates

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“Box Depicting Animals. Insects, and Flowers” is a work by England, dated 17th century. It is executed in wooden box; covered with linen, plain weave; beaded with silk, linen, and glass beads; embroidered with silk and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk laid work and couching; silver hardware and classified as textile. In this archive it sits within the entomological plates tradition. This work is in the public domain (CC0), so the image may be downloaded and reused for any purpose without permission (see the licence note below).

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Rights: Public domain (CC0).

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