Bag
1725-1750 (embroidered), (embroidered), 1775-1799 (altered)
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Woman’s bag remade from an apron of ivory silk taffeta embroidered in satin, long and short stitches and French knots with coloured silk twist and couched with silver and silver-gilt filé in a pattern of large flowers and leaves growing from flower posts. The bag is edged with dark green silk fringe, has two rosettes of wide dark green silk ribbon and a casing for a drawstring of wide dark green silk ribbon.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Silk, silver, gold; hand-woven, hand-embroidered, hand-sewn |
| Brief description | Woman's bag, 1775-99, made from an apron of ivory silk taffeta embroidered with coloured silks and metal thread, 1725-50 |
| Physical description | Woman’s bag remade from an apron of ivory silk taffeta embroidered in satin, long and short stitches and French knots with coloured silk twist and couched with silver and silver-gilt filé in a pattern of large flowers and leaves growing from flower posts. The bag is edged with dark green silk fringe, has two rosettes of wide dark green silk ribbon and a casing for a drawstring of wide dark green silk ribbon. |
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| Accession number | 725-1877 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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