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Pocketbook
French or English
1725–75
Object Place: France or England
Medium/Technique
Silk satin embroidered with silk thread and silk-wrapped metal
Dimensions
Overall: 10 x 15.5 cm (3 15/16 x 6 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
The Elizabeth Day McCormick Collection
Accession Number43.1112
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionRectangular envelope style pocketbook. White silk satin embroidered with polychrome silk thread in floral and fruit motifs front and back. Embroidery stitches include: satin stitch, laid and couched. Two small fleur de lis designs in top front corners, partially under flap, made from silk-wrapped flat strips of metal. Gold silk cord binding and silk knot button closure. Blue silk lining and side panels.
ProvenanceElizabeth Day McCormick collection; Gift to the MFA, October 14, 1943