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Panel from pocketbook
French
1670–1700
Object Place: France
Medium/Technique
Silk and metallic thread; Brocade
Dimensions
Overall: 9.5 x 15.8 cm (3 3/4 x 6 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
The Elizabeth Day McCormick Collection
Accession Number43.1108
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionRectangular panel from flat pocketbook. Polychrome silk and silver metallic threads brocaded on gold metallic ground. Silver brocading is figured. Motif is hunting scene in wooded setting. Left to right: horse tied to tree, seated woman, birds flying and in trees, man on horse with hounds hunting deer. Gilt-galloon binding. Lining of pale yellow/green silk embroidered with polychrome silk and metallic yarns in floral motif (two pieces sewn together). Layer of thin blue cardboard in between the lining and brocaded panel.
ProvenanceElizabeth Day McCormick collection; Gift to the MFA, October 14, 1943