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A beadworked purse, English, circa 1620-30

A beadworked purse, English, circa 1620-30, worked with a repeat design of blue and white florets and a brown lattice, edged in blue silk, with bottle-shaped beaded tassels to the drawstring, lined in kid leather, 11cm, 4 1/4inSplits in beadwork to front and back, lacking a few beads, silk upper edge is a little frayed, one of the tassels is missing a pendant motif – there are two not

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