Purse

Identifier

http://dp.la/api/items/c5b2c12f351907e3db3cdff4a02f164e

Title

Purse

Date

17th century

Description

Research in Progress
Purse, with the upper section knitted in blue silk in a lozenge pattern with openwork borders. The lower section is a a grid of laid blue silk cords interlaced and looped with gold and silver-wrapped silks, and the bottom tip looping using foil-wrapped silk (gold and silver).

Source

Smithsonian Institution

Relation

https://ids.si.edu/ids/deliveryService?id=CHSDM-79604_01-000001

References

http://collections.si.edu/search/results.htm?q=record_ID=chndm_1944-57-10&repo=DPLA

Citation

“Purse,” Center for Knit and Crochet Digital Repository, accessed June 8, 2026, https://digital.centerforknitandcrochet.org/items/show/28298.

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