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Envelope Wallet with Gold Embroidery and Mirror Appliques

Title

Year/Period

late 19th century

Region

Indonesia

Material

Velvet and cotton fabric, metallic wrapped thread, silk thread, cordonnet, lead-backed glass pieces, cotton thread, cord, leather

Dimension

Object size: 12.9 x 5.0 cm

Accession No.

2016-00416

Collection of

Peranakan Museum

Credit Line

Gift of Mr and Mrs Lee Kip Lee

This envelope purse is lavishly embroidered with gold metallic thread. A figure of a dragon is magnificently depicted from its front using atas timbul. This technique required the use of sticks around which metal thread was wound. The basket-weave texture that results is characteristic of this technique.