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Purse
Unknownmid-18th century
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States
Small shield-shaped purse embroidered in colored silks and metal threads. On one side, a shepherdess and sheep, and on the other a shepherd with a dog, each embroidered in colored silks against a couched silver ground. Figures largely in knot stitch. Border of gold embroidery with spangles. Clasp of silver or steel, with spring.
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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 metal thread embroidery with gilt spangles on silk foundation Technique: embroidered in stem, satin, knot and couching stitches with attached coils of gilt foil and gilt spangles on plain weave foundation
- Provenance: Ex. Coll. of Georges 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.
- Dimensions: H x W: 11.1 x 9.2 cm (4 3/8 x 3 5/8 in.)
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