AN UNMADE EMBROIDERED FAN CASE AND GROUP OF PURSES

AN UNMADE EMBROIDERED FAN CASE AND GROUP OF PURSES
LATE 19TH CENTURY
All embroidered in counted stitch on fine silk gauze, the fan case, and a pair of matching purses in vibrant orange and red with bats in flight against a ground of shaded blue clouds, the fan case with a maker's instructions written in cursive script on the selvedge; the other three unmade embroidered diamond-shaped panels, perhaps for kerchief cases, all in counted stitch on silk gauze, two sides of a purse on one sheet decorated with a dense pattern of bats, in blue, purple, olive-gold and white on a black ground, the third with fret-work medallions surrounded by leaf sprays in blue, lavender, green and white on a dark olive-brown ground
Fan case panel 11¾ x 6 in. (29.8 x 15.2 cm.); purses panel 11½ x 8 in. (29.2 x 20.3 cm.), matted together; two sides of purse 7¾ in. (19.7 cm.) long, matted; single side of purse 8 in. (20.3 cm.) long, framed and glazed (4)