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SWEETMEAT PURSE

Unknownc1670

Simone Handbag Museum

Simone Handbag Museum
Seoul , South Korea

Both men and women carried these highly decorative scented purses. An inventory for the Earl of Bedford from the 1680s lists considerable expenditure on fragrant powders to be used on linen, hair and hands. He also bought fragrant waters such as orange flower and aftershave.

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  • Title: SWEETMEAT PURSE
  • Creator: Unknown
  • Date Created: c1670
  • Location Created: BRITISH
  • Type: Handbag
  • Rights: SIMONE HANDBAG MUSEUM
  • Medium: METAL AND SILK THREAD, AND METAL CORD
Simone Handbag Museum

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