She Layeth her Hand to the Spindle

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Type: Photographs(Opens in new tab)
Date: ca. 1874
Accession number: 2000.5.1972b
Makers: Morris and Company(Opens in new tab) (British, 1861–1940); Unknown, British(Opens in new tab) (British)
Designer: designed by Edward Burne-Jones(Opens in new tab) (British, 1833–1898)
Dimensions: 6 5/8 x 5 7/8 in. (16.8 x 14.9 cm.) mount: 15 x 12 in. (38.1 x 30.5 cm.)

Medium

photograph

Description

Woman seated in long robes, distaff mounted at right, holding spindle in right hand.

Credit

The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens

Department

European Art

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