Purse
19th century (made)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
Purse, the upper part of the front of plain purple silk satin, the lower part of silk embroidery (tent stitch); the back is of green silk damask; silk cords for tying.
The embroidered pattern shows a selection of objects illustrating the elegant accomplishments of a Chinese gentleman (a pile of books with a pair of scrolls for calligraphy or painting, a checker-broad, a swastika-marked vase with implements for burning incense etc., within a key-fret pattern. In the centre is one of the Eight-trigrams, it consists of three sets of broken lines and represents Earth. In colours on a dark green-ground, the key-fret is in white, outlined with dark blue. The pattern of the silk damask is of a floral character. Lined with red silk satin.
The embroidered pattern shows a selection of objects illustrating the elegant accomplishments of a Chinese gentleman (a pile of books with a pair of scrolls for calligraphy or painting, a checker-broad, a swastika-marked vase with implements for burning incense etc., within a key-fret pattern. In the centre is one of the Eight-trigrams, it consists of three sets of broken lines and represents Earth. In colours on a dark green-ground, the key-fret is in white, outlined with dark blue. The pattern of the silk damask is of a floral character. Lined with red silk satin.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Silk satin with embroidery in tent stitch, silk damask, silk cord |
| Brief description | Purse, silk satin with embroidery in tent stitch, back of silk damask, silk cords for tying, China, Qing dynasty, 19th century |
| Physical description | Purse, the upper part of the front of plain purple silk satin, the lower part of silk embroidery (tent stitch); the back is of green silk damask; silk cords for tying. The embroidered pattern shows a selection of objects illustrating the elegant accomplishments of a Chinese gentleman (a pile of books with a pair of scrolls for calligraphy or painting, a checker-broad, a swastika-marked vase with implements for burning incense etc., within a key-fret pattern. In the centre is one of the Eight-trigrams, it consists of three sets of broken lines and represents Earth. In colours on a dark green-ground, the key-fret is in white, outlined with dark blue. The pattern of the silk damask is of a floral character. Lined with red silk satin. |
| Style | |
| Credit line | Given by Mrs Pegram |
| Object history | Registered File number 1924/8311. |
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| Collection | |
| Accession number | T.146-1924 |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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