The Judgement of Paris, Medium: silk and metal thread embroidery on silk foundation, mica Technique: embroidered in stem satin, knot, couching and padded couching stitches with detatched and undetached looping (needle lace) on 4/1 satin foundation, Seated male figure at the right (Paris) hands the Golden Apple to the first of three female figures (Venus) lined up in front of him. The next figure is Minerva, the last is Juno. At the top Cupid leans out of a cloud with a laurel wreath for his mother., England, 1650-75, embroidery & stitching, Embroidered picture, Embroidered picture