Cabinet with scenes from the Life of Joseph
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- Object
- Cabinet with scenes from the Life of Joseph
- Accession number
- 39.13.3a–k
- Date
- third quarter 17th century
- Makers
- —
- Medium
- Linen worked with silk thread; laid work, split, knot, satin and sheaf stitches; metal thread trim; wood frame; silk lining; turned wood feet
- Dimensions
- Overall: 13 3/4 × 11 1/2 × 8 in. (34.9 × 29.2 × 20.3 cm)
- Classification
- Textiles-Embroidered
- Department
- European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
- Credit line
- Purchase, Anonymous Gift, 1939
- Museum
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- House
- —
- Garment family
- other
- Era
- pre-1800
- Season
- —
- Material family
- silk
- cotton
- metal_stone