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Embroidered Casket 1622

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Item : Stumpwork Casket

Museum : © Minneapolis Institute of Arts http://www.artsMIA.org

Accession Number : 95.14a-bb

Link : http://www.artsmia.org/viewer/detail.php?v=12&id=4797

Date : 1622

Notes : using silk, metallic threads, seed pearls, wood, metal; raised-work embroidery

Credit Line : The John R. Van Derlip Fund and gift of funds in honor of Mary Ann Butterfield, textile conservator at The Minneapolis Institute of Arts,

on the occasion of her retirement

See the bottom of the page for extended notes

snail

ladybird

butterfly

small blossoms

pomengranates

stumpwork women

stumpwork man

unknown

unicorn

tree

lion

95.14a-bb -

Tuesday, June 16, 2009

Department: Textiles

Object Name: Embroidered Box

Classification: Textile-Surface Ornamentation-Needlework

Label Text: See Text Entries below

Date Label: 1662

Period: 17th century

Origin: England, Europe

Medium: Silk, metallic threads, seed pearls, wood, metal; raised-work embroidery

Description: Raised work (stumpwork) casket depicting the story of Queen Esther and King Ahasuerus; Initialed 'BP' and dated 1662, worked in polychrome silk and metallic threads on white satin and decorated with seed pearls, English; Front King Ahasuerus presenting the royal scepter to Queen Esther; Back The hanging of Haman; Right side the search for a wife for King Ahasuerus; Left side Mordecai honored by Ahasuerus and paraded in royal regalia; Top King Ahasuerus, Queen Esther and Haman at dinner; The casket with two doors opening to reveal curious set of drawers with secret compartments; the top lifting to reveal a pink velvet interior fitted with two bottles, an inkpot and a pen tray, the back of this lid with brackets for a mirror that now is missing; a second lid at the top opening to reveal a shallow silk-lined tray. A 17th century oak box lined in marbled paper with replaced lock accompanies the casket (95.14cc Traveling Case for Stumpwork Casket); an itemized list of pieces and their dimensions is in the object file in the registration office

Dimensions: 11 3/4 x 11 x 8 in. (29.85 x 27.94 x 20.32 cm)

Mark(s): [BP] and [1662] on top panel

Inscription(s): Signature, Date

Credit Line: The John R. Van Derlip Fund and gift of funds in honor of Mary Ann Butterfield, textile conservator at The Minneapolis Institute of Arts, on the occasion of her retirement