Embroidered Case

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Embroidered Case by unknown artist. The object is a teardrop-shaped case with a blue cord and ring attached at the top. The top portion of the case is white with embroidered flowers, leaves, and a fence-like design in blue, green, pink, orange, and red. The white portion has a scalloped edge with white stitching. The bottom portion of the case is blue denim. The bottom of the case has a multicolored fringe in green, yellow, orange, white, and blue. The background of the image is light gray.