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Dompet with Beaded Butterfly and Flower Design

Title

Year/Period

c. 1900

Region

Java, Indonesia

Material

Silk velvet embroidered with glass beads, metal purl, and sequins

Dimension

Object size: 10.5 x 23.0 cm

Accession No.

2016-00419

Collection of

Peranakan Museum

Credit Line

Gift of Mr and Mrs Lee Kip Lee

This dompet has a unique semi-circular shape quite unlike other envelope purses. Chain and bullion stiches are used to create the contours of a butterfly and two stalks of flowers. Unlike Chinese purses which were either square or circular in shape, the purses made for or by the Peranakan community show more variation.