Needlework (Depicting the Four Seasons)

Title	Needlework (Depicting the Four Seasons)
Artist	England
Date	c. 1660
Medium	Silk, satin weave; embroidered with linen, silk, silk-wrapped-metal purl, and gilt-metal purl in bullion, raised and detached, knotted and twisted buttonhole, crossed, raised stem filling and satin stitches; couching, laid work, buttonhole picots, French knots, and embroidered pile; seed pearls and mica
Classification	needlework (visual works)
Origin	England

Themes: Mineralogy & geology

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“Needlework (Depicting the Four Seasons)” is a work by England, dated c. 1660. It is executed in silk, satin weave; embroidered with linen, silk, silk-wrapped-metal purl, and gilt-metal purl in bullion, raised and detached, knotted and twisted buttonhole, crossed, raised stem filling and satin stitches; couching, laid work, buttonhole picots, french knots, and embroidered pile; seed pearls and mica and classified as needlework (visual works). In this archive it sits within the mineralogy & geology 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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