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Man's canvaswork pocketbook of rectangular envelope form with top flap and blue tape tie; two compartment green worsted wool interior; the outside colorfully decorated with Irish-stitched crewel embroidery in blue, green, pinks, yellow and orange iwth black outline; quite worn.
purses (drawstringed accessories)
accessories
canvas
crewelwork (technique)
hand sewing
thread
wool (textile)
worsted
Bag, Carrying
Purse
Purse
Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),
Unknown
4 1/2 x 8 3/4 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
1991.1417
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