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Title: | Man's or Woman's Purse |
Date: | 1725-1750 |
Artist: | Artist/maker unknown, French? |
Medium: | Cover of solid embroidery, mostly of couched metallic threads (very fine gilded and silver metallic foil-wrapped silk threads, several weights), and satin-stitched silk flosses in greens, red, oranges, black, blue and beige; lined in blue and pink plain weave 'shot' silk; braided silk and metallic cord, with braided tassel |
Dimensions: | Diameter: 3 9/16 inches (9 cm) |
Classification: | Costume (including accessories) |
Credit Line: | Bequest of Mrs. John Harrison, 1921 |
Accession Number: | 1921-39-13 |
Geography: | Possibly made in France, Europe |
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