Pocketbook

CultureBritish or French
Titles
  • Pocketbook
Datec. 1790
Mediumsilk satin with needlework, metal purl, steel beads, and flannel
DimensionsClosed: 3/8 × 3 9/16 × 5 9/16 in. (1 × 9 × 14.2 cm)
Open: 3/16 × 7 × 5 11/16 in. (0.5 × 17.8 × 14.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Cecily E. Horton
Object number2022.119.A,.B
Not on view

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Provenance[Trinity Antiques, the Cotswolds, England]; Cecily Horton, 2021; given to MFAH, 2022
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscribed on interior pockets in needlework and steel beads: GAGE / D'AMITIE.
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1850
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1920–1929
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1980–1989
Silk chiffon, rayon jersey, acetate satin, gloss seed beads, bugle beads, metallic cup sequins, and faux pearls
97.714.A,.B
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Harrods
1916
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1989
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1985–1989
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Oscar de la Renta
Fall 1989
Silk satin, velvet, silk floss, metallic thread, bugle beads, and faux pearls
94.1221.A,.B
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Bob Bugnand
1960–1969
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c. 1920
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88.128
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1976
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88.121.A-.C