Letter case
date: label: Date
content: late 18th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Rectangular letter case in purple silk taffeta, now faded, embroidered with ribbons and colored silks. Inside the double envelope are pouches with flaps, all embroidered in similar floral patterns. Lined with white silk taffeta.
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: Gift of Katherine A. Sargent
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1959-38-1
objectType: label: Type
content: costume & accessories
label: Type
content: Letter case
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: silk Technique: embroidered in chain stitch on plain weave
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 16 x 11 cm (6 5/16 x 4 5/16 in.)