Embroidered silk purse (Italian), ca. 1700-30. From the Victoria & Albert Museum. According
Embroidered silk purse (Italian), ca. 1700-30. From the Victoria & Albert Museum. According to the V&A: “The splendour of 18th-century purses, embroidered with silks and metal thread, is difficult to surpass. This little early 18th century pochette is made of white satin embroidered with polychrome silks, silver-gilt wire, silver-gilt strip and braid in satin stitch, couching and speckling with french knots. Two tasselled strings of silver-gilt thread are attached to the flap and a looped fringe of silver-gilt thread runs around the edges.” -- source link
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