Embroidered - red ground with floral trail - scrolling leaves; green tape border; lined with red silk; interior pocket; rounded flap - stiffened or cardboard interlining.
wallets
accessories
crewelwork (technique)
embroidering
silk (textile)
wool (textile)
Case, Personal
Wallet
Wallet
Used At Coffin House (Newbury, Mass.),
Unknown
Jerusalem, Israel
3 x 5 3/4 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Margaret E.C. Merriam in memory of her mother Elizabeth Low Coffin Colman
1985.523
Massachusetts (United States)
Possibly
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