434215 Woman\'s Embroidered Pocket (linen plain weave with wool & silk embroidery in Irish stitch, checked linen plain weave; linen plain weave ties; silk tape binding) by American School, (18th century); 42.5x29.8 cm; Philadelphia Museum of Art, Pennsylvania, PA, USA; (add.info.: In the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, pockets were worn tied around the waist either singly or in pairs and could be reached through slits in the dress and petticoats. Although hidden, they were often decorative; these two examples show the use of colorful embroidery and piecing. ); 穢 Philadelphia Museum of Art ; Gift of Mrs. Hampton L. Carson, 1930; American, out of copyright.