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Green Velvet Purse with Drawstring and Trimmed with Gold Thread on a Box in the Shape of a Pair of Scissors (Phallus?) of the Same Velvet and Passement, Provided with Two Metal Eyes
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Green Velvet Purse with Drawstring and Trimmed with Gold Thread on a Box in the Shape of a Pair of Scissors (Phallus?) of the Same Velvet and Passement, Provided with Two Metal Eyes

anonymous · after 1580 · braiding; embroidering; forging; weaving; tanned; metal; leather; cardboard; velvet (fabric weave); gold thread

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Purse, leather, velvet, gold thread, silk<br>Netherlands(?)/ Italy (?), after 1580<br>Inv.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Subjects
beurscasepurse
Credit lineBeurs van groen fluweel met trekkoord en afgezet met gouddraad op een doosje in de vorm van een schaar (fallus?) van dito fluweel en passement, voorzien van twee metalen ogen. after 1580. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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