Purse
early 18th century (made)
| Place of origin |
Early 18th century flap purse, green silk damask, sablé beads, metallic silver bobbin lace, French.
Object details
| Category | |
| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | damask, beads, beading, lace |
| Brief description | Flap purse, silk damask, beads, lace, French, early 18th century |
| Physical description | Early 18th century flap purse, green silk damask, sablé beads, metallic silver bobbin lace, French. |
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| Gallery label | In the 18th century, making small beads was a highly technical skill limited to a few manufacturing centres worldwide. A painstaking beadwork technique known as sablé (French for ‘covered with sand’) may have been mastered by just two Parisian workshops, producing exclusive items such as this purse with allegorical scenes.
V&A, Room 40, Bags: Inside Out(12/2020) |
| Bibliographic reference | Bags V&A Exhibition (Project)
Bags: Inside Out (2020) Lucia Savi, V&A Publishing, pg 43
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| Collection | |
| Accession number | T.178-2019 |
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| Record created | December 17, 2018 |
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