Woven Purse
1700s
Maker Unknown
Textiles
Woven Purse, 1700s. France, 18th century. Tapestry, silk and gold thread; overall: 9.5 x 7 cm (3 3/4 x 2 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1944.62
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Garment
- Formatted Medium
- tapestry, silk and gold thread
- Dimensions
- Overall: 9.5 x 7 cm (3 3/4 x 2 3/4 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: woven in black along edges and repeated on alternating sides: "le if cherche un coeur fidele" alternates with "il employ mal sou temps."
- Departments
- Textiles
- Accession Number
- 1944.62
- Credit Line
- Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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