Needlework Purse
1914-1929
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Needlework Purse
1914-1929
Physical Qualities
Cotton, cotton embroidery thread, gold-colored metal, silk lining, 5 3/4 x 10 x 3/8 in. (14.6 x 25.4 x 1 cm.)
Credit Line
Dorothy McIlvain Scott Collection
Object Number
2012.456
Long rectangular shaped purse with gold-colored metal frame and chain strap featuring a Rococo Revival scene executed in mico-petit point. The image is of an interior with three seated ladies and a standing gentleman listening to a musical performance. A flutist stands in the center, while his accompanist plays the piano with the assistance of a young woman standing to his right. The embroidery is hand done in cotton threads on a cotton ground in multiple colors. The lining is silk.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by bequest, 2012; Dorothy McIlvain Scott, Baltimore
Inscribed: Woven on label inside purse: "Handmade [in script] IN FRANCE"
