Seal Bag
17th century (made)
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Seal bag of green silk velvet, interlined with leather and lined with carnation silk taffeta. It is circular in shape with a wide circular base reinforced with pasteboard and shallow sides pleated and pulled together with drawstrings. The bag is couched with silver filé over parchment; on the base is a coat-of-arms with a running hound. The drawstrings are braided green silk thread, with 2 silver filé-covered tassels on each side.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Silk, leather, pasteboard, silver; hand-woven velvet, hand-embroidered |
| Brief description | Seal bag of green silk velvet, 1600s, French; silver embroidery with coat of arms |
| Physical description | Seal bag of green silk velvet, interlined with leather and lined with carnation silk taffeta. It is circular in shape with a wide circular base reinforced with pasteboard and shallow sides pleated and pulled together with drawstrings. The bag is couched with silver filé over parchment; on the base is a coat-of-arms with a running hound. The drawstrings are braided green silk thread, with 2 silver filé-covered tassels on each side. |
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| Accession number | 524-1869 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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