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Gaming Purse

The purse is made of a circle of rich red velvet, lined with white kid, and probably once with silk inner lining. Small slits near the edge for a drawstring, embroidered on the outside in satin stitch and couching in silver thread, with radiating lines of scrolls with fleur-de-lys from the centre of an elaborate coat of arms. Size: Diameter: 25 cm.

Place: France

Object Type: purse

Century: 17th century

Materials: Silver Thread, Silk, Kid, Velvet

Museum Accession Number: EMB.176