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drawstring purse
early 20th Century
An embroidered vase-shaped drawstring purse, brown on one side and blue the other, with red silk tassels and woven blue edging. This purse is composed of a vase shape, two dark orange ties on both sid...
purse or pocket
early 20th Century
This flat squared-shaped embroidered purse or pocket is in red and blue with black edges. Both sides are decorated in a similar manner. One the first side, the central satin stitch floral pattern is d...
headband
late 19th-mid 20th Century
This padded headband is in pink silk with several embroidered patterns. It is composed of a central pink stripe which is linking the two pink ends, bordered by black velvet. This stripe is decorated i...
oval purse
mid 20th-late 20th Century
This piece is an oval purse with green tassels. Both sides are composed of yellow silk with black embroidered text (two letters) on the upper part; the lower part has overall symmetrical embroideries ...
collar
late 19th Century
This collar is made with multi-coloured damask panels of pale green, bright pink, orange and white, with plastic imitation pearl beads and pink tassels between the sections. The reverse is bright pin...
layered panel
late 19th Century
This embroidered black silk panel is made of two partly overlapping tiered panels with broad black silk edges and a red brocade backing. It may have been the frontage or part of a garment or accessor...