Unfinished Embroidered Linen Panel with Foliage and Animals
A tall, narrow linen panel with a pale ground, showing a scrolling vine pattern of flowers, leaves and small animals and birds in brown and gold-toned silk stitching. Some areas are only faintly drawn, and the unworked outlines suggest the embroidery was never completed.
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- 1500-1525
- Medium
- Linen, plain weave; underdrawing in graphite; embroidered with silk and linen in back, buttonhole, double running, eyelet, knot and satin st
- Source
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Size
- 843 × 2035 px
Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1525).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Art Institute of Chicago, is_public_domain=true)
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Art Institute of Chicago, is_public_domain=true)
Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Mrs. William J. Robertson in appreciation for all the pleasures enjoyed at The Art Institute of Chicago especially since 1968.