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Abigail Alden
Envelope Bag1765

Not on view
Needlework pouch or wallet with canvas-work stitching in coral pink, forest green, and cream in a symmetrical flame and tulip pattern, with olive-gold braid trim and a band of stitched text along the flap edge.
Maker
Abigail Alden
United States, active mid-18th century
Title
Envelope Bag
Place Made
United States
Date Made
1765
Medium
Wool, linen
Dimensions
4 3/8 × 8 1/4 in. (11.11 × 20.96 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Florence Alden Stoddard and Katharine Alden Stewart
Accession Number
M.79.253.28
Classification
Costumes
Collecting Area
Costume and Textiles
Selected Bibliography
  • Blanco F., José and Mary D. Doering, eds. Clothing and Fashion: American Fashion from Head to Toe, vol. 1, Pre-Colonial Times Through the American Revolution. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO, 2016.