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| - Purse, embroidered canvas, 1600-1650, English; silk on silver ground, plaited silk strings (en)
- Many decorative early 17th century purses survive, but it is not entirely certain how they were used and worn. They are too delicate and elaborate to serve as receptacles for money carried on one’s person on a daily basis. Few commercial exchanges in the early 17th century required cash, and most household shopping was done by servants. However, they were used as a form of gift-wrapping for the presents of coin that were offered as a New Year’s gifts to the monarch.
These embroidered purses may also be the ‘sweet bags’ frequently listed in inventories and offered as gifts. These held perfumed powder or dried flowers and herbs, and were perhaps applied to the nose like a pomander when necessary.
The pattern of flowers and fruits is typical of English embroidery designs in the early 17th century. Embroidery pattern books of the period feature a range of flowers and fruits, inspired by illustrated botanical books and herbals. (en)
- Purse. English; first half 17th century. Linen canvas embroidered with silver-gilt and silver thread and silk in tent and plaited braid stitches with laid work. [] (en)
- A flat square purse of linen couched with silver thread and worked in tent stitch with coloured silks in a floral pattern. It is lined with pink silk taffeta and has a drawstring of plaited blue and pink silk with silver-gilt finials. (en)
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| - Purse, embroidered canvas, 1600-1650, English; silk on silver ground, plaited silk strings (en)
- Many decorative early 17th century purses survive, but it is not entirely certain how they were used and worn. They are too delicate and elaborate to serve as receptacles for money carried on one’s person on a daily basis. Few commercial exchanges in the early 17th century required cash, and most household shopping was done by servants. However, they were used as a form of gift-wrapping for the presents of coin that were offered as a New Year’s gifts to the monarch.
These embroidered purses may also be the ‘sweet bags’ frequently listed in inventories and offered as gifts. These held perfumed powder or dried flowers and herbs, and were perhaps applied to the nose like a pomander when necessary.
The pattern of flowers and fruits is typical of English embroidery designs in the early 17th century. Embroidery pattern books of the period feature a range of flowers and fruits, inspired by illustrated botanical books and herbals. (en)
- Purse. English; first half 17th century. Linen canvas embroidered with silver-gilt and silver thread and silk in tent and plaited braid stitches with laid work. [] (en)
- A flat square purse of linen couched with silver thread and worked in tent stitch with coloured silks in a floral pattern. It is lined with pink silk taffeta and has a drawstring of plaited blue and pink silk with silver-gilt finials. (en)
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| - 1600 / 1650, United Kingdom
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