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2009 Record shot by L. Baumgarten. Pocketbook.
Pocketbook
2009 Record shot by L. Baumgarten. Pocketbook.

Pocketbook

DateDated 1769
Mediumred leather, metallic thread embroidery
DimensionsW: 6 3/4"; L:(closed) 4 1/4"; (open): 6 1/2"
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1968-489
DescriptionPocketbook: soft red leather covered, except underneath flap and gussets, with metallic gold and silver embroidery in a technique of underside couching; design shows compactly worked floral arabesques and scrolls. Leather area ubder flap is inscribed in silver embroidery "M: de Pezoid- Constantinople 1769"; lined with green silk Persian.
Markings"M: de Pezold- Constantinople 1769"