Professional Documents
Culture Documents
English Silk
Pocketbooks
English Silk Pocketbook Embroidered with Silk & Metal Sequins and Closed by an Enamel Clasp
Reported to Have been Made by Queen Charlotte and Given to Mrs. Delany in 1781
Contains Ten Sewing Tools
(The Royal Collection)
English Silk Pocketbook Embroidered with Silk & Metal Sequins and Closed by an Enamel Clasp
Reported to Have been Made by Queen Charlotte and Given to Mrs. Delany in 1781
Contains Ten Sewing Tools
(The Royal Collection)
American Silk
Pocketbooks
Turkish Silk
Pocketbooks
Made for the European Market
Turkish Silk Pocket Book Embroidered with Silk and Metallic Threads & Metal Purl
1749
(Colonial Williamsburg Foundation)
Turkish Silk Pocket Book Embroidered with Silk and Metallic Threads & Metal Purl
1749
(Colonial Williamsburg Foundation)
Turkish Silk Pocket Book Embroidered with Silk and Metallic Threads & Metal Purl
1749
(Colonial Williamsburg Foundation)
Turkish Silk Pocket Book Embroidered with Silk and Metallic Threads, Metal Purl, Flat Metal Strips & Chain
1755
(Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)
Turkish Silk Pocket Book Embroidered with Silk and Metallic Threads, Metal Purl, Flat Metal Strips & Chain
1755
(Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)
Turkish Silk Pocket Book Embroidered with Silk and Metallic Threads & Metal Purl
1762
(Private Collection)
French Silk
Pocketbooks
French TapestryPocket Book with the Arms of Jean Paul Bignon (1662 - 1743)
First Half 18th Century
(Christies Auction House)
French Silk Pocketbook Embroidered with Silk, Silver and Silver Gilt
c. 1700 - 1750
(Colonial Williamsburg Foundation)
French Silk Pocketbook Embroidered with Silk, Silver and Silver Gilt
c. 1700 - 1750
(Colonial Williamsburg)
French Silk & Silver Gilt Metallic Thread Pocketbook with Lock of Hair
c. 1760 - 1780
(Colonial Williamsburg)
French Satin Pocketbook Embroidered with Flowers in Polychrome Silks & Metal Threads, Trimmed with Metallic Bobbin Lace
18th Century
(Cooper - Hewitt Museum, Smithsonian)
French Satin Pocketbook Embroidered with Flowers in Polychrome Silks & Metal Threads, Trimmed with Metallic Bobbin Lace
18th Century
(Cooper - Hewitt Museum, Smithsonian)
French or English Silk Pocket Book Embroidered with Silk, Metallic Threads & Metal Spangles
Late 18th Century
(Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)
French Silk Appliqud Pocket Book Embroidered with Silk, Metallic Threads, Metal Purl & Metal Spangles
Late 18th Century
(Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)
French Silk Appliqud Pocket Book Embroidered with Silk, Metallic Threads, Metal Purl & Metal Spangles
Late 18th Century
(Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)
European Silk
Pocketbooks
Continental Europe Silk Pocket Book or Letter Case with Metallic Embroidery
18th Century
(Sothebys)
Continental Europe or North American Silk Pocket Book with Metallic Embroidery
Late 18th Century
(Winterthur)
Continental Europe or North American Silk Pocket Book with Metallic Embroidery
Late 18th Century
(Winterthur)
Continental Europe or North American Silk Pocket Book with Metallic Embroidery
Late 18th Century
(Winterthur)
Unknown Silk
Pocketbooks
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