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Muff
Italian
1575–1600
Object Place: Italy
Medium/Technique
Silk velvet embroidered with metallic thread; plain weave silk lining and cotton wading
Dimensions
16.5 x 18.8 x 9.5 cm (6 1/2 x 7 3/8 x 3.75 in.)
Credit Line
The Elizabeth Day McCormick Collection
Accession Number43.1827
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionMuff. Black silk velvet embroidered with gilt-silver yarns and wire in motif of formal sprigs in squares on front, gilt-silver bobbin lace on back. Salmon silk lining. Filled with cotton batting.
ProvenanceFormer Coll. G. Saville Seligman (London)