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Drawstring bag
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French
1625–50
Object Place: France
Medium/Technique
Glass beads strung on linen (sablé); silk netting and braided cords
Dimensions
Overall (without tassels): 11.5 x 13.5 cm (4 1/2 x 5 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
The Elizabeth Day McCormick Collection
Accession Number43.2396
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CollectionsEurope, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionSmall, round drawstring bag. Polychrome opaque and translucent glass beads strung with linen thread, held together by interlocking looping stitches (sablé). Design on white ground: man with large dog, woman with infant and small dog; two women next to table with fruit basket, black fleurs-de-lis left; yellow fleurs-de-lis on green ground at base. Ecru silk netting at top and braided cord drawstrings with four bead-covered wood tassels. Salmon silk taffeta lining.
ProvenanceElizabeth Day McCormick collection; Gift to the MFA, October 14, 1943