Pouch

Title: Pouch
Description: A beaded pouch with green lining and drawstrings. The pouch depicts a pheasant on a cream background. At the top of the bag, there is a red stripe and an orange stripe. Below these stripes, there is a line of turquoise diamonds. At the bottom of the bag, there is a navy and cream checkerboard pattern.
Identifier: 2022.iitb.20
Date: ca. 1820-1850
Spatial Coverage: Italy; Rome
Creator: probably Italian; Italian
Format: pouches
Medium: beads on linen and silk
Subject: beadwork (visual works); Pheasants; Birds in art
Publisher: The Metropolitan Museum of Art; https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/156439
Provenance: Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Gift of Margaret S. Bedell, 1930
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