IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 197523 accession number: T.3-1953 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Thursday 5 December 2013 updated: Monday 29 April 2024 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: Silk, polychrome - ground cream, pattern blue, brown, green, rose, yellow. Cylindrical tapering at bottom, six compartments which slope to the left. Each contains a spray of naturalistic roses and blue flowers. Draw strings, elaborate tassells resembling flowers, wood core covered, Turk's head knots, petals, loops of vellum strips covered silk, stamens of silk covered wire, tassells at ends of strings each have three dependant ones. title: purse NOTES ----- type: history note value: On loan since 1946 from Mrs. Christobel Aylmer, nee Rushbrooke, from Rushbrooke Hall LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Applied Arts creditline: Given by Major Guy Aylmer in memory of his wife, Mrs. Christobel Aylmer STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/197523 CATEGORIES ------ category: textiles DATING ------ creation date: 1600 - 1699 creation date earliest: 1600 creation date latest: 1699 culture: 17th Century CREATORS -------- maker: Unknown DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Height units: in value: 4.5 dimension: Width units: in value: 4.75