Purse
date: label: Date
content: late 17th–early 18th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: (a) Red silk with symmetrical patterning in silver. Paired hearts flanked by cupids above crown with monkeys right and left. Parrots in corners above, peacock below, dogs in foliage.
label: Description
content: (b) Blue silk with symmetrical woven pattern in silver. A heart surmounted by a cipher flanked by falcons. Above a crown, border of stylized foliage.
place: label: made in
content: France
setName: label: See more items in
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Textiles Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Bequest of Richard Cranch Greenleaf in memory of his mother, Adeline Emma Greenleaf
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1962-56-25-a,b
objectType: label: Type
content: costume & accessories
label: Type
content: Purse
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: silk, metal Technique: woven
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (a): 26.5 x 17 cm (10 7/16 x 6 11/16 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (b): 24 x 16 cm (9 7/16 x 6 5/16 in.)