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Pocketbook: device of Louis XIV
sablé
French
about 1715
Object Place: France
Medium/Technique
Glass beads strung on linen (sablé), woven silk and metallic binding; sablé
Dimensions
Overall: 9.2 x 15.7 cm (3 5/8 x 6 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
The Elizabeth Day McCormick Collection
Accession Number43.2346
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CollectionsEurope, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionRectangular envelope style pocketbook. Polychrome opaque and translucent glass beads strung with linen thread, held together by interlocking looping stitches (sablé). Polychrome design on white ground with yellow and black borders: Baroque floral motifs (obv. and flap); sun and phoenix of Louis XIV, ribbon above inscribed IE VIT SANS MOVRIR, borders inscribed SI IE MEVR CE NEST QVE POVR REVIVRE (rev.). Silver metallic galloon binding. White silk taffeta lining and side panels. Cardboard foundation.
ProvenanceElizabeth Day McCormick collection; Gift to the MFA, October 14, 1943