Bag

England

Year

1601-1700

Medium

Silk, weft-float faced satin weave; embroidered in silk threads and gilt strip wound around a silk fiber core in couching and padded couching stitches; looped fringe attached in seams; draw-strings: silk, braid, terminating in tassels, interlaced through holes cut along upper edge; lining; silk, plain weave

Dimensions

10.3 × 17.7 cm (4 1/8 × 7 in.) E×tended width (with tassels and drawstrings): 37.4 cm (14 3/4 in.)

Museum

Art Institute of Chicago