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Purse (kin-chaku) With Pendant (netsuke) And Cord Fastener (Netherlands (leather))

This is a Purse (kin-chaku) with Pendant (netsuke) and Cord Fastener. It is dated ca. 1750 and we acquired it in 1931. Its medium is stamped, silvered, and varnished dutch leather, carved ivory, enamel and brass. It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.



Tooled leather wallcoverings made in Holland were used as screens in Japan. The panels were then cut up further, devolving into this purse.

This object was donated by Eleanor Garnier Hewitt and Sarah Cooper Hewitt. It is credited Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt.

  • Purse (England)
  • metallic yarns.
  • Museum purchase from Au Panier Fleuri, McNeil, and General Acquisitions....
  • 1989-30-1
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  • Brooch (Germany)
  • ivory, metal.
  • Gift of Phyllis Levine in memory of Dr. Ernest Sharo.
  • 2010-1-1
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Our curators have highlighted 6 objects that are related to this one. Here are three of them, selected at random:

  • Sidewall (Japan)
  • block-printed paper, embossed.
  • Gift of Arlene M. and Thomas C. Ellis.
  • 1981-65-62
  • Sidewall (Japan)
  • fiber composition impregnated with tung oil, embossed.
  • Gift of Franklin D. Roosevelt Library.
  • 1953-156-1-a,b

Its dimensions are

H x W x D (including cord and pendant): 21.5 × 10.5 × 2.5 cm (8 7/16 in. × 4 1/8 in. × 1 in.) H x W x D (purse): 8 × 10.5 × 2.5 cm (3 1/8 in. × 4 1/8 in. × 1 in.)

Cite this object as

Purse (kin-chaku) With Pendant (netsuke) And Cord Fastener (Netherlands (leather)); stamped, silvered, and varnished dutch leather, carved ivory, enamel and brass; H x W x D (including cord and pendant): 21.5 × 10.5 × 2.5 cm (8 7/16 in. × 4 1/8 in. × 1 in.) H x W x D (purse): 8 × 10.5 × 2.5 cm (3 1/8 in. × 4 1/8 in. × 1 in.); Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt; 1931-48-73

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibitions Esperanza Spalding Selects and Hewitt Sisters Collect.

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