Purse
1882 (made)
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Black satin purse embroidered with symmetrical pattern of conventional flowers in colours, two pockets and a panel of pale yellow moire. The triangular flap fastens with a yellow silk looped cord and button
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | satin with silk embroidery |
| Brief description | Black satin purse embroidered with coloured flowers |
| Physical description | Black satin purse embroidered with symmetrical pattern of conventional flowers in colours, two pockets and a panel of pale yellow moire. The triangular flap fastens with a yellow silk looped cord and button |
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| Credit line | Given by Miss L.F.M. Preston |
| Object history | This purse was made in 1882 by Moroccan girls in Algiers, probably for the donor's mother. |
| Bibliographic reference | p.9
Rogers, Rebecca, A Frenchwoman's Imperial Story. Madama Luce in Nineteenth-Century Algeria, (Stanford University Press, 2013), P.9 |
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| Accession number | T.209-1922 |
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| Record created | December 5, 2008 |
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