Wallet
Maker
Unknown, American
Additional Title(s)
- Woolwork Pocket Wallet
Collections
ClassificationsDECORATIVE ARTS
Dateca. 1775
Mediumwool, silk, and cotton
Dimensionsplexi case: 10 x 8 1/2 x 9 1/2 in. (25.4 x 21.6 x 24.1 cm.)
DescriptionWoolwork fold over wallet in all-over floral pattern on forest green background; wallet contains a handwritten note sewn into interior pocket reads: "Pocket Wallet / Carried through the American Revolution by / Captain Nehemiah Emerson of / Haverhill - Mass. / (Great Grandfather of Sallie / B. Thomas) Wolcott Covington, Kentucky.”
Credit LineJonathan and Karin Fielding Collection
Status
On viewObject numberL2015.41.66
Gobelins Tapestry Manufactory
1738-1740 or 1767; frame, 1909-1910.
Object number: 9.32
Gobelins Tapestry Manufactory
Tapestry woven covers ca. 1779; frames of nineteenth-century before 1892; modern
Object number: 9.27
Gobelins Tapestry Manufactory
tapestry covers: mid 18th Century; chair frames: 19th Century
Object number: 9.29
Gobelins Tapestry Manufactory
Tapestry woven covers ca. 1779; frames of nineteenth-century before 1892; modern
Object number: 9.30
Gobelins Tapestry Manufactory
Tapestry woven covers ca. 1779; frames of nineteenth-century before 1892; modern
Object number: 9.31
Gobelins Tapestry Manufactory
Tapestry woven covers ca. 1779; frames of nineteenth-century before 1892; modern
Object number: 9.20
Gobelins Tapestry Manufactory
Tapestry woven covers ca. 1779; frames of nineteenth-century before 1892; modern
Object number: 9.21
Gobelins Tapestry Manufactory
Tapestry woven covers ca. 1779; frames of nineteenth-century before 1892; modern
Object number: 9.22
Gobelins Tapestry Manufactory
Tapestry woven covers ca. 1779; frames of nineteenth-century before 1892; modern
Object number: 9.23