Embroidered picture, Medium: silk and metal on linen Technique: tent, stem, split, and knots, couching, padded couching and padded interlacing; counted and uncounted stitches, Two inch border containing floral and animal motifs (birds, rose, thistle, honeysuckle, heart's-ease, carnation, grapes) with a rockery at each corner with lions, deer, and dragons. In the center is a deer at the foot of a pear tree; the scene at the left shows Adam and Eve in the act of eating the apple; the one at the right has the angel saving Abraham from slaying Isaac., England, 1650-1700, embroidery & stitching, Embroidered picture