Purse
date: label: Date
content: early 18th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Small sheild-shaped purse of yellow silk satin damask embroidered in design of arabesques worked in silver thread with flowers in pink, blue and green silk, with the same design on both sides. Lined with pink silk and mounted on a hinged frame of engraved steel.
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 Frederick P. Victoria
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1942-65-1
objectType: label: Type
content: costume & accessories
label: Type
content: Purse
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: silk and metal thread embroidery over paper on silk foundation Technique: embroidered in stem and knotting stitches and couching over paper on damask foundation
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 11 x 9 cm (4 5/16 x 3 9/16 in.)