Bag
1830-1850 (made)
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Flat and oval beaded bag with a cut-steel clasp and loop chain handle. Lined with white taffeta. Knitted with coloured beads threaded onto cream silk thread. Each consist of nine segments radiating from the centre, in a pin-wheel. The white background is worked in transparent glass beads and the pattern is arranged in three concentric circles. The centre is worked solidly in blue beads, the middle band has a sprig of flowers in each of the nine segments, and the outer band has nine more densely worked floral sprays. A fringe of multi-coloured beads decorates the edge. Colours are in pink, red, green, blue and orange.
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Materials and techniques | Knitted with beads threaded onto silk thread, lined with taffeta, steel |
Brief description | Beaded bag lined with taffeta, England, 1830-1850 |
Physical description | Flat and oval beaded bag with a cut-steel clasp and loop chain handle. Lined with white taffeta. Knitted with coloured beads threaded onto cream silk thread. Each consist of nine segments radiating from the centre, in a pin-wheel. The white background is worked in transparent glass beads and the pattern is arranged in three concentric circles. The centre is worked solidly in blue beads, the middle band has a sprig of flowers in each of the nine segments, and the outer band has nine more densely worked floral sprays. A fringe of multi-coloured beads decorates the edge. Colours are in pink, red, green, blue and orange. |
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Credit line | Given by Miss A. Kinkelin and Miss F. Kinkelin |
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Accession number | T.368-1967 |
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Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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