Bag
1675-1700 (made)
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By the end of the 17th century, fashionable bags were round in shape. The simplified pattern of strawberries and lozenges on this example is characteristic of the period. A series of holes at the mouth of the bag indicates that it once had a drawstring.
The lack of a more secure fastening than a drawstring suggests that this purse was intended to hold a keepsake or to wrap a gift of money, rather than everyday monetary use.
The lack of a more secure fastening than a drawstring suggests that this purse was intended to hold a keepsake or to wrap a gift of money, rather than everyday monetary use.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Linen, silk, silk thread; hand sewn, hand embroidered |
| Brief description | Bag, embroidered linen, 1675-1700; British, coloured silks, strawberry in lozenge. |
| Physical description | A flat pear-shaped bag of linen embroidered in a stylized pattern of strawberries in lozenges with green, yellow, red and pink silk. The edge is bound with green silk grosgrain ribbon and the bag is lined with pale blue silk. The holes at the upper edge indicate there was once a drawstring. |
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| Credit line | Given by J. Falcke, Esq |
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| Summary | By the end of the 17th century, fashionable bags were round in shape. The simplified pattern of strawberries and lozenges on this example is characteristic of the period. A series of holes at the mouth of the bag indicates that it once had a drawstring. The lack of a more secure fastening than a drawstring suggests that this purse was intended to hold a keepsake or to wrap a gift of money, rather than everyday monetary use. |
| Bibliographic reference | John Lea Nevinson, Catalogue of English Domestic Embroidery of the Sixteenth & Seventeenth Centuries, Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Textiles, London: HMSO, 1938, p.101 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | T.133-1924 |
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| Record created | July 9, 2008 |
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