Silk tent stitch embroidery depicting scenes of Esther and Ahasuerus (top) and a woman holding Cupid's bow and witholding a bird from Cupid (bottom), mounted on red cut silk velvet.
50.17 x 100.97 cm (19 3/4 x 39 3/4 in.)
Grenville Lindall Winthrop, New York, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943
Textile fibers
20th centuryAmericanwool pile on a foundation of cotton warps and wefts
19th centuryIslamicFiber
JapaneseFiber
AsiaticGauze damask with metallic buttons
19th-20th centuryChineseCut, voided silk velvet with brocaded metallic thread
16th centuryOttoman