Purse
date: label: Date
content: late 18th–early 19th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Flat bag of white silk taffeta, embroidered on both sides with colored silks and metal threads; front, basket of flowers; back, flower spray with bird. Trimmed with narrow gold lace. Blue silk cord at top; covered tassels at corners.
place: label: made in
content: France or Italy
setName: label: See more items in
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Textiles Department
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1950-122-2
objectType: label: Type
content: costume & accessories
label: Type
content: Purse
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: silk and metallic embroidery on silk foundation Technique: embroidered on plain weave foundation
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (without handles): 18.4 x 27.3 cm (7 1/4 x 10 3/4 in.)