Letter case
date: label: Date
content: late 18th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: A purse in envelope form with a three-lobed flap. Small fragments of 18th century dress brocades are covered with mica to fill openings in straw needle lace. Edged with silk and metal braided cord; lined with green silk.
place: label: made in
content: Spain
setName: label: See more items in
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
label: See more items in
content: Textiles Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Marquis Val Verde de la Sierra
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1923-51-14
objectType: label: Type
content: costume & accessories
label: Type
content: Letter case
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: silk, mica, bast fiber Technique: fragments of woven silks, mica and needle lace on a wire armature wound with bast fiber
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 18.1 x 14 cm (7 1/8 x 5 1/2 in.)