IDENTIFIERS
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id:	118538
accession number:	T.4-1922

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Monday 29 April 2024

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: 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.
title:	purse

LICENSING
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text license status:	CC0
image license status:	CC-BY-NC-SA

OWNERSHIP
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instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum
department: Applied Arts
collection:	Spencer George Perceval Collection
creditline: Spencer George Perceval Bequest

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/118538





CATEGORIES
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category: embroidery

DATING
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creation date:	1700 - 1700
creation date earliest:	1700
creation date latest:	1700
culture:	18th Century, Early

CREATORS
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maker: Unknown

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Height
units: in
value: 4.5

dimension: Width
units: in
value: 11.25



CITATIONS
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The Stapleton-Wyvill Marriage Purse
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