Basic info

Collection

Costume and Textiles

Object name

Marriage purse

Object category

Costume, female

Object subcategory

Accessories carried

Description

Drawstring purse, woven in gold thread and coloured silk. Pink and yellow silk braid drawstrings with gold and silver tasseled knots. Lining of pink silk with a woven spot pattern. Shield shaped sides, with different patterns, Two coats of arms on opposite faces, the Stapleton coat of arms and the Wyvill coat of arms. The other sides have a deer with two trees and pink tulips. Corners edged with gold braid.

Production date start

1590

Period

Tudor

Elizabethan