Digital Collections

Bag, Needlework

Object/Artifact

Purple-brown silk damask drawstring bag with inset leather pentagon in back and ditto flat pincushion in front. Cushion covered with black leather flap, another smaller one extending from back attaches to it forming closure for bag. 20th c. (thai) silk scraps, cotton print, paper flower inside.

G91.115

Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection

1845

needle book

work bag

silk

damask

bag

sewing bag

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