Production: Unknown
Purse, tissue, silver and gold, worked with metal threads and a little silk in buttonhole and plaited braid stitches; gathered at the bottom which is embroidered like a calyx, the bag forming the corolla of the flower; plaited draw string; elaborate tassels resembling flowers with calyx of interlaced thread, petals of buttonhole stitch and stamens of Turks head knots.
Spencer George Perceval Bequest
Height: 4.5 in
Width: 11.25 in
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1923) by Perceval, Spencer George
18th Century, Early#
Production date:
circa
AD 1700
Embroidery
composed of
silk thread
metal thread
Ground
composed of
tissue
Purse
Accession number: T.4-1922
Primary reference Number: 118538
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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