- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Two [.1 & .2] brown leather purses ornamented with stitchwork in white & brown leather and long tassels. [EC 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 25/1/2006]
- Long description
- Two [.1 & .2] brown leather purses ornamented with stitch-work in white & brown leather and long tassels. Each purse is made of 2 facing sections of leather with long tassels hanging down which enclose a gathered pouch. The surfaces are decorated with impressions and elaborate stitch-work in white and brown leather. The shape of the facing sections is long & narrow, with a rectangular section at the bottom attached by 3 leather ties to another longer section with curved (almost scalloped) edges tapering towards the top. The two objects are tied together with leather. [EC 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 25/1/2006]
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1891
- Date collected
- By 1891
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1919
- Materials and processes
- Material Animal Leather Skin, Process Stitched, Process Tied
- Dimensions
- Length: max 560 mm, Length: max 580 mm, Width: max 70 mm, Width: max 70 mm
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1919.23.7.1 Accession number: 1919.23.7.2
1919.23.7.1
Two [.1 & .2] brown leather purses ornamented with stitchwork in white & brown leather and long tassels. [EC 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 25/1/2006]
1919.23.7.1
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