Pocketbook

Object/Artifact

Historic Hudson Valley

Name/Title

Pocketbook

Entry/Object ID

VC.59.417

Description

Purse: Canvaswork; queen's stitch (point d'Hongrie, or Hungarian needlepoint) on canvas; silk-lined; scalloped flap; unusual design of definite lozenges filled with star and other geometric patterns; red, green, brown, predominantly; on exterior, stitched in needlepoint: "JACOB HARMEN".

Collection

Van Cortlandt Manor Object Collection

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Unknown

Attribution

Maker

Date made

1734 - 1799

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Inscription

Transcription

Misc.: Purse, with entire name of gentleman embroidered upon it, serves as excellent documentation of the fact that such bright-colored decorative purses were used by men rather than by women.

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Width

4-3/8 in

Length

7-1/8 in

Dimension Notes

Display Dimensions: 4 3/8 x 7 1/8 in. (11.1 x 18.1 cm)

Material

Silk, Canvas

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Jacob Harmen

Notes

Former owner

General Notes

Note Type

Curatorial Remarks

Note

10/85 - Borrowed by Jean Mason Browne, Marietta, Georgia. The man's name stitched on this piece serves as good evidence that brightly-colored purses like this example were used by gentlemen.

Note Type

StorageNote

Note

Home Location: Historic Hudson Valley, Union Church, Storage, Shelf 13B

Note Type

Department

Note

Curatorial