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Embroidered Purse, 17th Century

Image attached to T.8-1961

An image of Tapestry purse. Depicting birds, squirrels & flowers.17th C, English
Coloured silks & metallic threads

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Tapestry purse. Depicting birds, squirrels & flowers.17th C, English Coloured silks & metallic threads

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  • Accession Number: T.8-1961
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
  • Photographer name: Image Library
  • Image height: 760 pixels
  • Image width: 752 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop CS4 Windows
  • Filesize: 169.66kB
  • Captured: 2009:01:20 09:45:55

Key words

17th Century British English Fitz_AA Object Type Workflow _WF_AdOK _WF_KWD _WF_PCtd animals birds embroidered embroidery flowers purse squirrels sweetmeat purse tapestry tassles

Colours in this image

rgb(177,141,95), rgb(102,79,37), rgb(4,6,4), rgb(229,209,182), rgb(103,145,141), rgb(74,118,127), rgb(44,84,78), rgb(49,39,14), rgb(136,57,20), rgb(20,43,30), rgb(18,57,69)

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