Title
The Holy Bible: Containing the Olde Testament and the New.
Coverage
London:
Publisher
Printed by Robert Barker, Printer to the King’s Most Excellent Majesty,
Date
1635.
Subject
Gift of Elizabeth M. Riley.
Description
This embroidered binding was made for a Bible in 17th-century England. It was given to Katherine Underwood as a gift from her mother. Made of cream silk satin (now faded), it features a swan taking flight embroidered in silk and silver threads, as well as a pineapple, stitched in yellow and green silk, amid flowers sewn in teal and rose silken thread. The binding’s ties are torn but remain largely intact. The binding is adorned with sequins that have tarnished with age, but that would have flashed in candlelight, along with the metallic threads.
Source
From the collection of Rare Book School