Purse
date: label: Date
content: 1640–1700
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Flat envelope-shaped pocketbook woven in cream-colored silk with pattern in light-colored silk and metallic thread. Symmetrical arrangement of stylized floral sprays. Bound on edges with narrow gold braid. Loop of the same for fastening flap, but button is missing. Lined in bright coral taffeta. Same pattern on both sides.
place: label: made in
content: France
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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: 1962-55-11
objectType: label: Type
content: costume & accessories
label: Type
content: Purse
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: silk, gold-wrapped silk Technique: tapestry woven with continuous and discontinuous wefts
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 10 x 19 cm (3 15/16 x 7 1/2 in.)