Purse
date: label: Date
content: early 19th century
notes: label: Description
content: Flat purse with a drawstring top; one face has a bouquet of flowers, the other a basket of flowers. The sides and top are decorated with a deep edging of fruit, flowers, and animals, including a camel. In polychrome silks over white satin. An example of a type of needle knotting called oya, practiced in the Eastern Mediterranean.
place: label: made in
content: Turkey
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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: 1951-105-19
objectType: label: Type
content: knotted, knitted and crocheted textiles
label: Type
content: Purse
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: silk, wire; silk lining Technique: needle knotting (bebilla or oya), silk satin lining Label: silk needle knotting (bebilla or oya), silk satin lining
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 21 x 20 cm (8 1/4 x 7 7/8 in.)