Framed 17th-century silk embroidery with a central robed woman flanked by two women, surrounded by trees, flowers, animals, and a building on a dotted ground.

Needlework Picture of Peace, Justice, and Plenty

A silk embroidered picture set on a dotted ground of spangles, with a central robed female figure holding a staff, flanked by two smaller standing women. Trees, flowers, a house, animals, and a lion appear in stylized rows, with metallic thread shimmering throughout.

Artist: Unknown
Date: 17th century
Medium: Silk, warp-float faced satin weave; embroidered with silk, gilt-metal strips, gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk, and metal purl and spangles in
Source: Art Institute of Chicago
Size: 1686 × 1231 px

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Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1700).
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Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of John A. Partridge in memory of Frank Partridge

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