Art Institute of Chicago

Mirror Depicting King Charles II and Queen Catherine of Braganza

England

Date

17th century

Medium

Silk, satin weave; appliquéd with silk and linen, plain weaves, silk, satin cut solid velvet, and silk oblique interlaced tapes; embroidered with silk, linen, and silk-wrapped metal coils and wires in individual back, satin, single satin, tent, and a variety of buttonhole stitches; laid work, couching, cut and loop pile, bullion, and buttonhole picots; glass beads, mica, and seed pearls; edged in silk, plain weave tapes; tortoise shell frame

Culture

England

Department

Textiles

Institution

Art Institute of Chicago

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