Embroidered Pocket Book, England, ca. 1780
date: label: date made
content: 1780
label: Associated Date
content: 1780
name: label: maker
content: unknown
notes: label: Description
content: Embroidered card case made in England circa 1780, using silk queen stitch embroidery in a diamond strawberry pattern on linen canvas. The silk twist embroidery threads are pink, green, blue, red, gold, yellow and orange. The folded case is lined with pink silk.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United Kingdom: England
label: where made
content: United Kingdom: England
topic: label: Subject
content: Embroidery
label: Subject
content: Linen
label: Subject
content: Silk
label: Subject
content: Needlework
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
label: See more items in
content: Textiles
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Mrs. James W. Pinchot
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.E351637
label: accession number
content: 115408
label: catalog number
content: E351637
objectType: label: Object Name
content: pocketbook
label: Object Name
content: card case, embroidery
label: Object Name
content: pocketbook
label: Object Name
content: pocketbook, embroidery
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silk (embroidery material)
label: Physical Description
content: linen canvas (overall base material)
label: Physical Description
content: silk (overall lining material)
label: Measurements
content: overall closed: 6 3/4 in x 4 7/8 in; 17.145 cm x 12.3825 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall open: 6 3/4 in x 12 1/2 in; 17.145 cm x 31.75 cm