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Purse
18th century
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States
Envelope shaped purse embroidered in a small-scale flame-stitch pattern in bright polychrome wools on a hemp (?) canvas, piped in deep pink wool, stiffened with cardboard and lined with salmon pink taffeta.
Details
- Title: Purse
- Date Created: 18th century
- Location Created: USA
- Original Source: See this work of art on the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum website
- Medium: Medium: wool, hemp Technique: embroidered in counted flame stitch
- Credit line: Gift of Marian Hague
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