Purse
date: label: Date
content: 1640–1700
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Small flat envelope-shaped case, probably for letters. Dark red silk, basket weave, with woven design in cream color. Back has woven design of a fleur-de-lis on an orb with crown above, and flanked by two lions rampant. Flap, symmetrical foliage decoration. Clasp is lyre-shaped in silver. Blue silk lining. 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: Gift of Richard C. Greenleaf
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1951-105-14
objectType: label: Type
content: costume & accessories
label: Type
content: Purse
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: silk, metal Technique: tapestry woven
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 17 x 10 cm (6 11/16 x 3 15/16 in.)