Letter bag in a flat, rectangular model, of ecru-colored silk embroidered with uniformly curving webs, within which a single flower branch is painted, of ecru color silk on which uniformly curving webs of brown silk and gold thread embroidered. At the points where the lanes meet, a small circle filled with purple watercolor paint. A single flower branch is painted in every open surface. Around the bag a narrow band of gold thread. The front and back have the same pattern, just like the inside. The bag is folded in two, with an opening in the middle to two rectangular compartments. These boxes are lined with pink taffeta and each divided into two compartments, by a strip from this side., anonymous, West-Europa, c. 1780 - c. 1820, geheel, versiering, voering, painting, l 10.3 cm × w 15.4 cm × h 1 cm
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Letter bag, flat, rectangular model, ecru-colored silk embroidered, uniformly curving webs, within, single flower branch, painted, ecru color silk, brown silk, gold thread embroidered, points, lanes meet, small circle filled, purple watercolor paint, every open surface, Around, bag, narrow band, gold thread, front, back, pattern, inside, folded, two, opening, middle, two rectangular compartments, boxes, lined, pink taffeta, divided, two compartments, strip, side, West-Europa, c, 1780, 1820, geheel, versiering, voering, painting, l 10 3
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