English buttonhole stitch purse made with a mould

An image of Textiles. Purse. Buttonhole stitch worked spirally on a cone shaped mould; two stitches are worked into the interspace between the stitches of the previous row. Colours brown, green and pink. At the bottom is a five-pointed star, above it a band of lozenges, gold with a pink centre upon a red background. At the top a similar band of lozenges but the background a pinkish brown. The background of the main body of the purse is silver thread with two rose sprays each consisting of a rose, a bud and leaves. The draw strings are formed by a plait of silver thread and pink and blue silk; the tassels are a large and small spherical bead covered with silver bullion. Silk, with gold and silver thread, length 3.75 in, diameter 1.75 in, circa 1600- circa 1699. English.

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Textiles. Purse. Buttonhole stitch worked spirally on a cone shaped mould; two stitches are worked into the interspace between the stitches of the previous row. Colours brown, green and pink. At the bottom is a five-pointed star, above it a band of lozenges, gold with a pink centre upon a red background. At the top a similar band of lozenges but the background a pinkish brown. The background of the main body of the purse is silver thread with two rose sprays each consisting of a rose, a bud and leaves. The draw strings are formed by a plait of silver thread and pink and blue silk; the tassels are a large and small spherical bead covered with silver bullion. Silk, with gold and silver thread, length 3.75 in, diameter 1.75 in, circa 1600- circa 1699. English.

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Accession Number: T.191-1928
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/19.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Jaymes Sinclair
Image height: 571 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.6 (Macintosh)
Filesize: 144.80kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 19/1

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17th Century Date Department English Fitz_AA Material Nationalities Object Type Other Keywords Stewart Period Stuart Period Workflow _WF_AdOK _WF_KWD _WF_OPACtd _WF_PCtd buttonhole stitch cone conical costume cylindrical fashion floral flowers moulded needle needlework purse silk stitched stitches stitching textile

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