Embroidered purse

Purse · 1996.160.2

Embroidered purse

DATEProbably 19th century

CULTUREChinese

MEDIUMSilk textile and embroidery

INSTITUTIONThe Metropolitan Museum of Art

The pouch form, drawstrings, and dense embroidery offer structures for packaging, sachets, and compact interfaces.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art · 1996.160.2 ↗
Public Domain · The Met Open Access (CC0) ↗

01 · EVIDENCE BOUNDARY

What this relationship means

The purse is a material reference for sachets and portable textiles. Festival links are editorial comparisons of form.

02 · VISIBLE MOTIFS

Forms to observe

pouch formdrawstringfloral embroidery

03 · EDITORIAL COLOR

A design reading, not a reconstruction

Vermilion#FF4C00

Ming Huang#DCB114

Shi Lu#206864

Mysterious Black#622A1D

△ These colors are selected from the Chinese Color Atlas for contemporary design use. They do not claim to measure or restore the object's original pigments.

04 · CONTINUE THE ATLAS