The Garden of False Learning from The Table of Cebes
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- Object
- The Garden of False Learning from The Table of Cebes
- Accession number
- 42.193.2
- Date
- 1550–80
- Makers
- David Kandel
- Medium
- Wool and silk on canvas (cross stitch, 48-56 per sq. in., 9 per sq. cm; tent stitch, 156-190 per sq. in., 30-36 per sq. cm.)
- Dimensions
- H. 110 1/2 x W. 153 1/8 inches (280.7 x 388.9 cm)
- Classification
- Textiles-Embroidered
- Department
- European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
- Credit line
- Gift of Constance McCann Betts, Mrs. Winston F.C. Guest, and Frasier W. McCann, 1942
- Museum
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- House
- —
- Garment family
- other
- Era
- pre-1800
- Season
- —
- Material family
- silk
- wool