Drawstring purse
Category
Costume
Date
1500 - 1600
Materials
Textile
Measurements
102 mm (H)82 mm (W)
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Snowshill Wade Costume Collection, Gloucestershire
NT 1349590
Summary
Drawstring purse made from linen with a top edge covered in red satin, a central panel of green silk velvet embroidered with floral design in metal thread and red glass beads and bordered with solid metal embroidery with green and red beads. It is lined with green silk satin with drawstrings of blue and cream plaited silk with four small and two larger circular droppers of silk and metal. (female)
Provenance
Given to National Trust with Snowshill Manor in 1951 by Charles Paget Wade