Pocketbook or sewing case. Pasteboard covered in white, natural silk. Trimmed in black and gold gilt cord. Pansies and a branch of flower buds embroidered on the front. Back is embroidered with a deer on grass (resembles sampler work). Inside are several components. One side is lined with a mirror. Flap of red flannel with white stitching along border. Stiffened pockets lined in silk with scalloped edges. Inside is a piece of cardboard with "Sarah Wheeler Bethlehem 1795" written on it in ink.
Possibly goes with CW 1620, 1621, 1622.
Made/Created
Date made
circa 1795
Place
* Untyped Place
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
Notes
Sarah Wheeler. Possibly Sarah Wheeler Johnson.
Material
Silk, Pasteboard, Cotton flannel, Mirror, Gilt cord
