"Embroidered Silk Pouch Second Half Of The Eighteenth Century"
Silk pocket square with sliding links, cream color, embroidered with polychrome silk in chain stitch. Decor of baskets and garlands of flowers, with in the center, for one side a bird holding a basket and for the other side, a fisherman on a boat in a medallion. Period: second half of the 18th century. Dimensions: 29 x 27cm. Sold as is, red spots, the silk has frayed in places at the bottom, it has tears at the top at the part that gathers and where the links slide, a small hole at the bottom for the side wearing the bird. 
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