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A Swiss Genealogical Embroidery of the Early 17th Century
A Swiss Genealogical Embroidery of the Early 17th Century
Article · 6 pages
Article by Betty Kurth describing an early 17th-century Swiss wool embroidery genealogical panel, then owned by French & Co., New York. The panel, worked on dark blue wool in stemstitch and laid work, shows Hans Morell and his wife in a central medallion surrounded by twelve roundels of their children, each engaged in an occupation. Kurth discusses the Morell family history, the evidence for a Swiss (Zurich workshop) origin, and compares it with a 1598 family panel in the Historical Museum, Basle. Includes two plates.

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