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Purse
Unknown1820–40
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States
Ladies' bag of white moiré silk embroidered in colored silks. Shape is five-sided, flat, with a scalloped top. Borders of flower wreaths. Embroidered on one side with a greyhound and with a long-tailed bird on the other. Worked as two separate panels, joined. Lined in pale blue taffeta. Blue and white silk cord.
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Details
- Title: Purse
- Creator: Unknown
- Date Created: 1820–40
- Type: Purse
- Rights: Gift of Richard C. Greenleaf
- Medium: Medium: silk Technique: embroidery using satin, stem, knot and couching stitches on plain weave moiré
- Exhibitions: New York, NY, Cooper-Hewitt Museum. More than Meets the Eye, November 15, 1977 to February 15, 1978.New York, NY, Cooper-Hewitt Museum. Purses, Pouches, Pockets, December 6, 1988 to March 5, 1989.
- Dimensions: H x W: 21 x 21 cm (8 1/4 x 8 1/4 in.)
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