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Cabinet with scenes from the Story of Esther

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Wood; silk satin worked with silk metal threads (metal strip wrapped silk silk-wrapped coiled wire wire) linen thread seed pearls mica feathers; detached buttonhole buttonhole filling variations; French knot single knot laid work couching satin and stem stitches; metal thread trim (metal strip wrapped on silk core; metal strip) wood frame; silk lining; mirror glass glass bottles; printed paper
Rights: Public Domain
European Sculpture and Decorative Arts, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, Gift of Irwin Untermyer 1964
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Title: Cabinet with scenes from the Story of Esther
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Wood; silk satin worked with silk metal threads (metal strip wrapped silk silk-wrapped coiled wire wire) linen thread seed pearls mica feathers; detached buttonhole buttonhole filling variations; French knot single knot laid work couching satin and stem stitches; metal thread trim (metal strip wrapped on silk core; metal strip) wood frame; silk lining; mirror glass glass bottles; printed paper.

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