- Maker
- Unknown
- Date made
- 1757
- Origin
- Denmark
- Stitches
- Satin, Cross, French knots,
- In Bolton & Co.
- No
- Foundation Cloth
- Linen
- Embroidery Thread
- Silk
- Predominent Motif
- 2 alphabets: uppercase block in L corner, lowercase in R corner, both missing J and U. Numbers 1-10. At center top a large sailing ship, a female figure on the L, a male on the R. A mermaid, a long tailed horse(?), butterfly, birds. Next panel has Jesus on the cross with two figures, a large crown in the center with an angel on both sides, on the R Adam & Eve beneath the Tree of Knowledge. Across the bottom a hunter stands with his saddled horse. Her holds a musket pointed at animals fleeing to the right: a stag and a doe, both with collars, a tiger, a crowned lion, a sheep, a fox, a pig, and a bird. Saw tooth border all four sides.
- Inscription
- ( In a cartouche in the lower third): P I S O / M N D R //
- Length Without Frame
- 12 5/8"
- Width Without Frame
- 13"
- Historical Owner
- #1977.488 Gift of Carolyn Wicker
- Owner
- Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
- Owner Private
- Art Institute of Chicago
