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Collection Item: Purse

Basic info

Collection
Costume and Textiles
Object name
Purse
Object category
Costume, female
Object subcategory
Accessories carried
Creators
Unknown (Stitcher)
Description
Drawstring purse, worked in silver and gold thread and pink and green silk. Pink and green silk braid drawstrings, with gold knots and green and red silk tassels. Made from a loose diamond pattern mesh worked with narrow braids of silk and metal thread.
Production date start
1580
Production date end
1680
Period
Tudor
Elizabethan
Stuart
Jacobean
Charles I and Civil War
Commonwealth
Restoration

More info

Identification

Object number
YORCM : BP708
Number of objects
1
Classification code
3.41
Classification scheme
SHIC
ID
10004272

Physical Characteristics

Materials
Silk (Whole)
Dimensions
Whole length 10.0 cm
Whole width 7.5 cm

Production

Creators
Unknown (Stitcher)