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Miniature pocketbook
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French
1715–90
Object Place: France
Medium/Technique
Glass beads strung on linen (sablé), woven silk and metallic binding; sablé
Dimensions
Overall: 3.3 x 6 cm (1 5/16 x 2 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
The Elizabeth Day McCormick Collection
Accession Number43.2341
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CollectionsEurope, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionMiniature envelope-style pocketbook. Polychrome opaque and translucent glass beads strung with linen thread, held together by interlocking looping stitches (sablé). Designs on white ground: cupid shooting arrow at blue and red hearts (obv.); Borbon arms surmounted by coronet (rev.); red heart with five keys (flap). Gilt-galloon binding. Blue silk taffeta lining. Cardboard foundation.
ProvenanceElizabeth Day McCormick collection; Gift to the MFA, October 14, 1943