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VIRGIN AND CHILD

Creator(s): Unknown

Currently in storage


About this object

The picture is embroidered all over in colored glass beads. The picture is a half-length of the virgin adoring the sleeping Christ child in the foreground. In the upper left background is the boy St. John the Baptist holding a staff with a cross at the top and a ribbon.

Object name:
VIRGIN AND CHILD
Made from:
Beads
Made in:
Russia
Date made:
19th c.
Size:
17.1 x 13.3 cm (6 3/4 x 5 1/4 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:
46.14
Class:
BEADWORK
Signature marks:
Credit line:
Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973