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Artist/Maker	Unknown
Place of origin	Germany (made)

Small square linen bag embroidered overall with a geometric lattice design in plied white linen thread and green, blue and red coloured silks in satin stitch. Three tassels along bottom in yellow, green and red silk.

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Categories	Accessories Fashion Textiles Embroidery
Object type	Bag
Materials and techniques	linen embroidered with coloured silks Linen (Material) Silk Thread Hand Embroidery
Brief description	Small square bag, linen entirely embroidered with coloured silks, three tassels
Physical description	Small square linen bag embroidered overall with a geometric lattice design in plied white linen thread and green, blue and red coloured silks in satin stitch. Three tassels along bottom in yellow, green and red silk.
Gallery label	(1863) Original label BAG. Silk and linen thread embroidery of quadrangular pattern. German. 15th cent^y. Square, W. 3½ in. Bought (Bock Collⁿ.). 8699-'63 (1888) A.S. Cole's revision, 1888 BAG of coarse linen, embroidered with green, blue, red and white silks, in long stitch, in diaper pattern of squares and crossed line forms. German. 14th cent^y. 3½ in. sq. Bought (Bock Collⁿ). 8699-1863 This is similar to patterns on specimens Nos. 8305-1863 and 262-1861. It may have been used as a reliquary or for carrying rosary beads.
Credit line	From the Bock Collection
Object history	From the Bock Collection
Collection	Textiles and Fashion Collection
Accession number	8699-1863

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Record created	February 7, 2008
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O144713/bag-unknown/

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