Bag
17th century (made)
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Bag in a wide, shallow cylindrical shape made of netting embroidered with green and carnation silk threads and silver filé. It has a drawstring at the top of flat, finger-looped braid in silver filé and green and pink silk thread with 2 elaborate silk and silver thread-covered tassels at each end.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Silk, silver; hand-netted, hand-embroidered |
| Brief description | netted, 1600s, French; Silk and silver embroidery, tassels |
| Physical description | Bag in a wide, shallow cylindrical shape made of netting embroidered with green and carnation silk threads and silver filé. It has a drawstring at the top of flat, finger-looped braid in silver filé and green and pink silk thread with 2 elaborate silk and silver thread-covered tassels at each end. |
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| Accession number | 521-1869 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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