The wallet is embroidered wih gold thread. The designs include arabesques and floral motifs. A text reads: Sir William Portman / Constantinople 1682.
Victoria and Albert Museum online catalogue.
WV, 25-02-2018
Ottoman Turkish wallet
Leather wallet lined with silk and embroidered with metal threads, Istanbul, dated 1682.
Courtesy Victoria & Albert Museum, London, acc. no. 1981/830.
The Victoria and Albert Museum in London houses an embroidered leather wallet, dated 1682, from Ottoman Turkey. It is worked with metal threads and lined with silk. It measures 62 x 23 cm.
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