FIVE CANVAS, FLAMESTITCH OR RIBBON PURSES, 1840-1900

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  • Lot: 137
  • April 16th, 2025 - Brooklyn Museum Textiles & Designer Couture Sale
  • Bellows Falls, Vermont
1 small merino flamestitch purse w/ drawstring, twill silk lining, 1840, 5.75”x5”, (sm wear spots, wear to cord trim, shatter to lining & bauble covering) Good; 1 wool & silk canvas embroidered bag w/ 3 tassels, c. 1850, 16”x9”, (few sm wear spots, light wear/discoloration, few loose stitches b/t cord trim, shatter top edge of lining) Good; 2 regional feather & blanket stitch embroidered ribbon envelope purses: 1 in shades of pastel, 7.5”x5.5”, (minor discoloration) 1 in autumnal shades w/ calico button closure, 5.5”x6.5”, (minor thread loss, lining discolored) Both excellent; 1 long canvas merino embroidered boat bag, 12”x4”x2”, (lining replaced?, wear spots, pile loss/sm holes in velvet, heavy wear/discoloration trim, few pulls, seams fraying) Good.

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  • Price Realized: $ 250
  • Category: Accessories
  • Era: 1850-1890

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