British
Needlework purse, ca. 1700
silk, silver
5 x 5 in.
POA
Silk needlework purse, worked in Queen's stitch (also called rococo stitch) in shades of salmon pink, pale blue, and off-white with silver-wrapped threads. With silk cord and silver-wrapped thread-covered wooden...
Silk needlework purse, worked in Queen's stitch (also called rococo stitch) in shades of salmon pink, pale blue, and off-white with silver-wrapped threads. With silk cord and silver-wrapped thread-covered wooden tassels. The cords each 14 in. long.
Very good condition.
Provenance
Ex-collection Carrie Lauer Lehman (1865–1937). Other early purses from the Lauer Lehman collection are in the MFA Boston.4
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