Furniture, Works of Art & Clocks - 21st October 2020
Lot 80
AN EARLY 18TH CENTURY EMBROIDERD SILK AND METAL THREAD WALLET POSSIBLY OTTOMAN
Estimate £400 - £600 | Hammer £1300
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Description
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.