Bible and Book of Common Prayer
Robert Barker
ca. 1607 · Satin worked with silk and metal thread, spangles; long-and-short, split, satin, couching, brick, and knot stitches · European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
The front and back covers of this bible are identical, both depicting Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden, standing by the Tree of Knowledge. Below the tree is the fountain from which sprang four rivers, the Pison, the Hiddekel (or Tigris), the Gihon and the Euphrates.
- Artist
- Robert Barker
- Date
- ca. 1607
- Medium
- Satin worked with silk and metal thread, spangles; long-and-short, split, satin, couching, brick, and knot stitches
- Culture
- British
- Department
- European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
- Credit line
- Gift of Irwin Untermyer, 1964
