Gaming purse
A new level of card game mania swept Europe during the 17th century and continued into the 18th century. Gambling with cards or "gaming" was a favored pastime for both men and women of all ages and classes. Gaming purses, round flat-bottomed pouches that closed by means of a drawsting were worked in various materials. This examples is worked in fine petit point needlework. Its repeat pattern of pink flowers is interrupted only once by a single yellow flower. This anamoly may have personalized the bag, relating it to a particular owner.
Artwork Details
- Title: Gaming purse
- Date: 1690–1710
- Culture: French
- Medium: silk, linen
- Credit Line: Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Gift of the executors of the estate of Clara M. Blum in memory of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Blum, 1966
- Object Number: 2009.300.2075
- Curatorial Department: The Costume Institute
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French
1774–92
French
early 1620s
probably French
ca. 1730
French
1690–1700
French
1750–75
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