Description
An 18th Century Embroidered Silk Purse of rectangular fold-over design. One side stitched with trophies bordered by undulant garlands of flowers, the other side with monogrammed roundels, guilloche chains and floral sprigs, edged in twisted silver thread. The purse displayed opened out behind glass 6¾ in x 9½ in (17 cm x 24 cm), in a modern moulded gilt frame, 16½ in x 13½ in (42 cm x 34 cm).