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Bag

Bag

  • Place of origin:

    Great Britain, UK (made)

  • Date:

    1750-1775 (made)

  • Artist/Maker:

    Unknown (production)

  • Materials and Techniques:

    Silk, embroidered with coloured silks

  • Museum number:

    CIRC.238-1926

  • Gallery location:

    In Storage

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The pocket gave its name to some other portable accessories such as the pocket book or pocket case and to the pocket-handkerchief. Richly decorated pocket and letter cases were part of the oeuvre of eighteenth century domestic embroidery. They were often made in silk, and beautifully embroidered with silk or silk ribbon and metal threads.

Physical description

Silk pocket case or pocket book cover, in an envelope shape with tiny flower sprigs worked in coloured silks

Place of Origin

Great Britain, UK (made)

Date

1750-1775 (made)

Artist/maker

Unknown (production)

Materials and Techniques

Silk, embroidered with coloured silks

Materials

Silk; Silk thread

Categories

Accessories

Collection code

T&F

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