Purse
ca. 1867 (made)
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| Place of origin |
Beige cotton purse, lined with white, coarse cotton, covered with embroidery in gold-wrapped and silver-wrapped thread and sequins, and gold wire, gold fringes and gold-wrapped thread at the neck, threaded with cotton and tassels of silver-wrapped thread.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Woven velvet, cotton lined, gold-wrapped thread, silver-wrapped thread and gold wire |
| Brief description | Textile, purse, velvet, embroidered with gold-wrapped and silver-wrapped threads, gold wire and sequins, Lucknow, ca. 1867 |
| Physical description | Beige cotton purse, lined with white, coarse cotton, covered with embroidery in gold-wrapped and silver-wrapped thread and sequins, and gold wire, gold fringes and gold-wrapped thread at the neck, threaded with cotton and tassels of silver-wrapped thread. |
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| Object history | Transferred from India Museum 1879. Slip book entry: 'small bag / Lucknow, Bengal / Price Rs. 4 / 1867 / Original nos. 4420 / gold embroidered'. |
| Historical context | Intended for use as a bag or purse, an accessory. |
| Other number | 5716 - India Museum Slip Book |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 6514(IS) |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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