Caption:
Picture Depicting Adam and Eve (Needlework). England. Date: 1601-1700. Dimensions: 30.5 × 45.1 cm (12 × 17 3/4 in.). Linen, plain weave; embroidered with silk and creped silk yarns, gilt-metal purl and wire, gilt-metal-wire-wrapped silk, and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk in buttonhole filling, raised and couched buttonhole, plaited braid, square chain, and tent stitches; knots, knotted pile, and couching; glass beads. Origin: England.