Art Saved

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Box and Purse

Artist: Artist not known

Location: National Museum of Scotland

Date: 1690 - 1736

Materials: Cardboard, linen, silk

Gift:

Review number: 2148 (1963)

Provenance:
Miss D.Hamilton.

Description:
1) Box covered with linen embroidered with coloured beads, English or French, circa 1690. 2) Linen purse embroidered with silk threads in Florentine and cross stiches, edged with crimson. Initialled S.S. on one side and the date 1736 on other. English.

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