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Purse
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Purse
- Place of origin:
Great Britain, UK (made)
- Date:
1800-1824 (made)
- Artist/Maker:
unknown (production)
- Materials and Techniques:
Embroidered silk, with silk cord
- Museum number:
CIRC.554-1954
- Gallery location:
In store
The banishment of the pocket inspired one of the richest periods of development in hand-held accessories, as a great diversity of reticules, as they later became known, and purses in various materials and styles appeared. Large round, hexagonal or lozenge shapes based on the military sabretache of the Napoleonic Wars were favoured and their flat sides provided a vehicle for embroidered, beaded, painted and applied decoration.
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