Bag

France

Date

1680/1700

Medium

Silk, plain weave; embroidered with gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk laid over padding and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk and silk floss in chain stitch; gussets: silk, plain weave; ribbon: silk, plain weave; lining: linen, plain weave

Dimensions

10.6 × 8.4 cm (4 1/8 × 3 3/8 in.)

Department

Textiles

Credit line

Gift of Emily Crane Chadbourne