Letter case of embroidered silk with silks, England, ca. 1830Letter case of embroidered silk. Pale green silk stiffened with card and lined with white taffeta. It contains two compartments and closes with a fold-over flap. All the edges are decorated with a fine ivory-coloured silk cord. The flat and front are embroidered with single floral sprays. On the back is a floral medallion containing the word 'souvenir'. The two inside surfaces are also worked with medallions containing sprays of flowers. It is finely embroidered with coloured silks in diagonal cross-stitch, stem, satin, long and short and split stitches with French knots.