Purse, Bag
1800-1875 (made)
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| Place of origin |
block printed, plain weave cotton, probably hand woven, lined and faced.
A small purse made from two rectangles of printed cotton, cut on the cross [bias cut] and sewn to form a square envelope with a pointed flap. Cream ground with red feathery stems forming an ogival lattice enclosing a flowering stem in blue, red and mauve. Lined with the same fabric and faced with bias-cut black, plain weave silk.
A small purse made from two rectangles of printed cotton, cut on the cross [bias cut] and sewn to form a square envelope with a pointed flap. Cream ground with red feathery stems forming an ogival lattice enclosing a flowering stem in blue, red and mauve. Lined with the same fabric and faced with bias-cut black, plain weave silk.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | cotton yarn, silk thread, weaving, block printing, sewing |
| Brief description | 1800s, Persian |
| Physical description | block printed, plain weave cotton, probably hand woven, lined and faced. A small purse made from two rectangles of printed cotton, cut on the cross [bias cut] and sewn to form a square envelope with a pointed flap. Cream ground with red feathery stems forming an ogival lattice enclosing a flowering stem in blue, red and mauve. Lined with the same fabric and faced with bias-cut black, plain weave silk. |
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| Object history | Donated to the V&A by Robert Murdoch Smith in 1883, together with a batch of sixty-four other printed cotton specimens from Isfahan, and four carpet fragments: "The [cottons] I got from the calico printers at Ispahan, most of them at least. I have a good many specimens of <i>old</i> printing." |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 1065:61-1883 |
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| Record created | March 11, 2008 |
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