CHARLES II NEEDLEWORK CASKET, THIRD QUARTER 17TH CENTURY

Depicting Rebecca at the well, worked in brick, satin, French knot, tent and other stitches.

Katharine Prentis Murphy, New York;
New York Historical Society, New York;
Bernard & S. Dean Levy Inc., New York.

Silk foundation with some losses. Stitching to raised faces with the most losses; other areas have losses to silk threads (most of the losses to front doors). Dark browns have partially oxidized exposing foundation beneath. Trim with some losses. Tent stitch sides generally in good condition with just some fading to colors. The back with some breaks to long floats of silk thread. One drawer missing from interior. Velvet and fabrics in interior with some spot stains and losses and fraying. Mirrors to interior with crystallization and losses to silvering.
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