Handbag (re-purposed from the sleeve trim from a woman's garment) of heavy-weight natural cotton
- Title
- Handbag (re-purposed from the sleeve trim from a woman's garment) of heavy-weight natural cotton
- LC Subject
- handbags
- Donor
- Stevens, Blanche Whittier
- Description
- Handbag (re-purposed from the sleeve trim from a woman's garment) of heavy-weight natural cotton embroidered in browns with accents of pale pastel colors of silk; vertical bands of solid embroidery with decorative motifs between; triangles with feathered edges along top; solid embroidery uses texture to create zig-zag and triangular patterns; two braided cord straps of black, green and red make a handle.
- Motif
- Geometric motifs
- Work Type
- handbags
- Location
- Corinth >> Corinth >> Corinthia >> Peloponnese >> Greece
- Date
- 1801/1900
- Identifier
- 1952.007.007
- Rights
- In Copyright
- License
- Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International
- Type
- Image
- Format
- image/tiff
- Material
- Silk Cotton
- Technique
- Solid embroidery
- Set
- Historic and Cultural Textile and Apparel Collection
- Primary Set
- Historic and Cultural Textile and Apparel Collection
- Institution
- Oregon State University
- Note
- This brown style of embroidery was popular in Corinth.
