A drawstring purse, woven in coloured silks against a gold thread ground, each side with a two hands holding a pair of hearts linked by ribbons, with the inscription "L'amour les serre pour les unir", the drawstring with large tassles--3in long, French, 17th century

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A drawstring purse, woven in coloured silks against a gold thread ground, each side with a two hands holding a pair of hearts linked by ribbons, with the inscription "L'amour les serre pour les unir", the drawstring with large tassles--3in long, French, 17th century
Literature
Seligman & Hughes, Domestic Needlework, plate 39A

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