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Purse

c. 1680
Silk, satin weave, with gussets of warp-faced plain weave silk; embroidered in silk floss, silver metal strip wrapped on silk core; alos frisé in metal, "purl"; stitches: knot, stem, satin, couching, couched looping around edges
7.6 × 8.2 cm (3 × 3.2 in)

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