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Purse
Unknownmid-18th century
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States
Shield-shaped purse, embroidered with gold metallic yarns and polychrome silks, trimmed with gold lace and lined with pink taffeta. On each side is a framed vignette with a border of gold embroidery and couched flat gold. On one side, a scene of a woman and two men picking fruit; on the other, a landscape with a coach and horses. The faces are painted.
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Details
- Title: Purse
- Creator: Unknown
- Date Created: mid-18th century
- Type: Purse
- Rights: Bequest of Richard Cranch Greenleaf in memory of his mother, Adeline Emma Greenleaf
- Medium: Medium: silk and metallic thread embroidery, foil strips, coiled gilt wire, spangles on silk foundation Technique: embroidered in running, stem, satin, knotting, and couching stitches on plain weave foundation
- Provenance: ex. coll. George Saville Seligman
- Exhibitions: New York, NY, Cooper-Hewitt Museum. Purses, Pouches, Pockets, December 6, 1988 to March 5, 1989. New York, NY, Cooper-Hewitt Museum. More Than Meets the Eye, November 15, 1977 to February 15, 1978. New York, NY, Cooper Union Museum. The Greenleaf Collection: Textile arts from teh 16th to early 19th century, January 22 to May 9, 1964.
- Dimensions: H x W: 11.1 x 10.2 cm (4 3/8 x 4 in.)
- Bibliography: Cooper Union Museum, The Greenleaf Collection: Textile Arts from the 16th to early 19th century, p. 34 no. 702.
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