Maker
Unknown American
CultureAmerican
Titles
- Pocketbook
Datec. 1770–1800
Made inUnited States
MediumWool and linen
Dimensions(Closed): 4 1/8 × 7 in. (10.5 × 17.8 cm)
Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, gift of Miss Ima Hogg
Object numberB.69.155
Current Location
Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens
Chippendale Bedroom
On view
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Department
Bayou BendObject Type
Technical notes and description: Wool yarn; linen canvas. The canvas ground of this rectangular single envelope pocketbook with three inner compartments is covered by an Irish stitch in red, green, and gold yarns. The pocketbook has been relined, has insect damage, and is faded.
Book excerpt: David B. Warren, Michael K. Brown, Elizabeth Ann Coleman, and Emily Ballew Neff. American Decorative Arts and Paintings in the Bayou Bend Collection. Houston: Princeton Univ. Press, 1998.
ProvenanceMiss Ima Hogg; given to MFAH, 1969.
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