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Purse, linen, worked with polychrome silks, gilt and silver threads in couching, buttonhole and plaited braid stitches with woven bosses; 8 vertical compartments, each containing a long spray with circular stems bearing various flowers (cornflower, rose, strawberry). Gathered at the bottom, drawstring missing, handle of plaited silk attached by Turks head knots of silver cord lined with green silk.
History note: Unknown before Spencer George Perceval
Spencer George Perceval Bequest, 1922
Height: 3.25 in
Width: 2.75 in
Relative size of this object is displayed using code inspired by Good Form and Spectacle's work on the British Museum's Waddeson Bequest website and their dimension drawer. They chose a tennis ball to represent a universally sized object, from which you could envisage the size of an object.
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed
(1923)
by
Perceval, Spencer George
Early 17th Century
James I
Charles I
Circa
1600
CE
-
Circa
1625
CE
Embroidery composed of silver thread silk thread gilt thread Ground composed of linen Handle+ Cord composed of silk Handle Purse
Accession number: T.3-1922
Primary reference Number: 118537
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Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts
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Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/118537 Accessed: 2022-05-29 06:30:59
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