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Wallet

Collection Type

  • Clothing and accessories

Date

1740-1760

GUSN

GUSN-50473

Description

Embroidered - red ground with floral trail - scrolling leaves; green tape border; lined with red silk; interior pocket; rounded flap - stiffened or cardboard interlining.

Details

Descriptive Terms

wallets
accessories
crewelwork (technique)
embroidering
silk (textile)
wool (textile)
Case, Personal
Wallet
Wallet

Associated Building

Used At Coffin House (Newbury, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Location of Origin

Jerusalem, Israel

Dimensions

3 x 5 3/4 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Margaret E.C. Merriam in memory of her mother Elizabeth Low Coffin Colman

Accession Number

1985.523

Places

Massachusetts (United States)
Possibly

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