Purse
ca. 1600-1625 (made)
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In the seventeenth century, needle lace and embroidery patterns were disseminated through pattern books such as The Needle's Excelency published by James Boler (1631). Many seventeenth-century embroidered purses have been collected and prized for the livelieness of their embroidery and tiny scale. They were particularly valued by Edwardian collectors, such as Lord Lever, who formed large collections of sixteenth- and seventeenth- century embroidery.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Embroidered canvas with silk and metal threads, purl and spangles, and lined with silk taffeta and with plaited silk strings |
| Brief description | Square flat canvas purse embroidered with silk and metal threads, England, ca. 1600-1625 |
| Physical description | Square flat purse of canvas with an embroidered ground of silver thread. A raised pattern of scrolling chains of silver-gilt purl surround honeysuckle, borage, rose, gilly flower, rose hips, grapes, pea pods and a butterfly. These are embroidered with detached leaves and petals in coloured silks, silver thread, silver-gilt thread, purl and spangles. The purse is lined with salmon pink silk taffeta. Flat salmon pink silk braid forms the ties with two pear-shaped finials covered in silver thread and coloured silks. |
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| Credit line | Given by Margaret Simeon |
| Object history | Registered File number 1992/524. |
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| Summary | In the seventeenth century, needle lace and embroidery patterns were disseminated through pattern books such as The Needle's Excelency published by James Boler (1631). Many seventeenth-century embroidered purses have been collected and prized for the livelieness of their embroidery and tiny scale. They were particularly valued by Edwardian collectors, such as Lord Lever, who formed large collections of sixteenth- and seventeenth- century embroidery. |
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| Accession number | T.127-1992 |
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| Record created | February 25, 2003 |
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