Handbag (repurposed from sleeve trim of a woman's garment) of hand-woven cotton
- Title
- Handbag (repurposed from sleeve trim of a woman's garment) of hand-woven cotton
- LC Subject
- handbags
- Donor
- Stevens, Blanche Whittier
- Description
- Handbag (repurposed from sleeve trim of a woman's garment) of hand-woven cotton with a 4" band of solid embroidery in linear geometric patterns in dark brown with accents of blue, green and tan silk; figured bands; two braided cord straps at top.
- Motif
- Linear geometric motifs
- Work Type
- handbags
- Location
- Kos >> Dodecanese >> South Aegean >> Greece
- Date
- 1801/1900
- Identifier
- 1952.007.019
- Rights
- In Copyright
- License
- Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International
- Type
- Image
- Format
- image/tiff
- Material
- Cotton Silk
- 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
- From record: Women of the village traditionally used browns for their silk embroidered dresses. Usually they grew their own silk worms, spun the silk and wove it by hand. Kos is one of the Greek islands located near Rhodes.
