# Needlework Picture Depicting an Allegory of Music

- By: England
- Date: 17th century, about 1640
- Medium: Probably linen, plain weave; appliquéd with silk, warp-float faced 4:1 satin weave over bast fiber padding; embroidered with silk, silk-wrapped-metal-wire coils, silvered-metal-strip-wrapped silk and feathers in bullion, buttonhole,…
- Classification: Textile
- Dimensions: 21.9 × 35.2 cm (8 5/8 × 13 7/8 in.)
- Culture: England
- Credit line: Purchased with funds provided by Alice H. Patterson in memory of Florence H. Crane
- Museum: [Art Institute of Chicago](https://www.artic.edu/artworks/84225)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://www.artic.edu/iiif/2/17b8f3cc-054f-7ce7-f755-79fd47769797/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)