Briefcase (portefuille), 1763–64, Turkish and French, Red morocco leather embroidered with gold thread and silk, fitted with gold lock, lined with green silk; gold, L. 17-11/16 x W. 13-1/8 x D. 2-1/2 in. (45 x 33.3 x 6.3 cm.), Natural Substances-Leatherwork, Made in Turkey for the western market, morocco leather briefcases were fashionable in both England and France during the last quarter of the seventeenth and throughout the eighteenth century. This sumptuous example embellished with embroidery in silk and metal thread can be dated to 1763–64 by one of the marks on the gold lock: the crowned letter Z, the assay mark warranting the standard of the metal
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