Bookbinding of repeat foliate pattern, William Sheldon, possibly made between 1561 and 1613
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
possibly made between 1561 and 1613
Bookbinding of repeat foliate pattern made by Attributed to the weaving workshop funded by William Sheldon (Barcheston, Warwickshire and Bordesley, Worcestershire), dated possibly made between 1561 and 1613, from British, possibly Barcheston or Bordesley.
The museum records its materials as: Wool, silk, silver-metal-wrapped thread, containing a seventeenth-century printed book. Recorded dimensions: H. 4 1/2 x W. 2 1/2 inches (11.4 x 6.4 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art holds this object as 29.23.9; details are those of this museum object, and how far it represents a wider type has not been independently verified.
Evidence at a glance
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- Photograph views
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- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Medium
- Wool, silk, silver-metal-wrapped thread, containing a seventeenth-century printed book
- Materials
- Wool, silk, silver-metal-wrapped thread, containing a seventeenth-century printed book
- Dimensions
- H. 4 1/2 x W. 2 1/2 inches (11.4 x 6.4 cm)
- Dimensions
- H. 4 1/2 x W. 2 1/2 inches (11.4 x 6.4 cm)
Identification
- Culture
- British, possibly Barcheston or Bordesley
- Date recorded
- possibly made between 1561 and 1613
- Maker recorded
- Attributed to the weaving workshop funded by William Sheldon (Barcheston, Warwickshire and Bordesley, Worcestershire)
- Museum attribution
- William Sheldon
- Museum object name
- Bookbinding
- Holding institution
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Museum object number
- 29.23.9
Catalogue references
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Research required
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