AN EARLY 18TH CENTURY EMBROIDERD SILK AND METAL THREAD WALLET POSSIBLY OTTOMAN

AN EARLY 18TH CENTURY EMBROIDERD SILK AND METAL THREAD WALLET

POSSIBLY OTTOMAN, C.1730

worked with colourful ribbon tied flowers on a silver metal thread ground, the shaped flap revealing a blue silk lined interior

10 x 15cm

Catalogue Note

For a similar wallet or purse dated '1748' with its leather outer wallet, see the Victoria & Albert Museum, no. T.115-1992.