Bag
1650-1700 (made)
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Many tapestry-woven bags were made in France, some as marriage gifts. This example is woven in a Cupid and heart design. The quotation AQUILAURA, is French and in full reads c'est a qui l'laura (it is a question of who gets it first).
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Silk, silver, gold; tapestry woven, hand-sewn |
| Brief description | 1620-50, French; tapestry woven silk, metal thread in cupid design, green silk fringe |
| Physical description | Bag of tapestry woven brown silk floss, silver and silver-gilt filé in a design of two cupids shooting a arrow at a heart on each side, with the quotation ‘AQUILAURA’, or ‘c'est a qui l'aura’ (it is a question of who gets it first) woven, mirror-imaged, along the top edges. The bag is flat, two shallow, wide, half-oval shapes sewn at the side and lined with ivory silk taffeta. It is edged with a looped fringe of ⅛-inch ((2 mm) wide green silk ribbon and ⅛-inch ((2 mm) wide silver-gilt filé net. There are 2 drawstrings of flat braided silk and silver-gilt filé, each with a tassel of the green silk ribbon and silver-gilt net. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'AQUILAURA'
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| Summary | Many tapestry-woven bags were made in France, some as marriage gifts. This example is woven in a Cupid and heart design. The quotation AQUILAURA, is French and in full reads c'est a qui l'laura (it is a question of who gets it first). |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 557-1893 |
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| Record created | February 25, 2003 |
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