- Measurements
- 20cm x 20cm
- Place of Origin
- India
- Registration Number
- 2021-034
- Donated/Purchased
- Donated
- Techniques
- Couching,Double Running Stitch,Faggoting,Herringbone Stitch,Running Stitch,Satin Stitch,Shisha Work,Surface Stitchery,
- Objects
- Costume Accessories - Women,Purses,
Physical Description
Small dark pink cotton envelope style purse decorated with couched bundles of black thread, and shisha mirrors within a heavily worked geometric satin stitch grid. Multicoloured cotton thread. Faggoting used to join edges and create the envelope shape. Lined in blue cotton fabric. Stitches include couching, herringbone, satin, running, and double running. Three small pompoms feature at the end of the faggoting.
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