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Envelope wallet (detail)

National Heritage Board, Singapore

National Heritage Board, Singapore
Singapore, Singapore

Indonesia, late 19th or early 20th century
Cotton and silk velvet worked with lametta couched over string padding (tekat timbul), and laid flat and couched in diaper patterns (sulam songket); metal purl cutwork and S-ing; glass seed beads stitched one-by-one; edges bound with needle-weaving in metal thread
10 x 17 x 1 cm
Courtesy of Jan Smith, Dalmeny, N. S. W., Australia

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  • Title: Envelope wallet (detail)
National Heritage Board, Singapore

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