Bag
1840-1870 (made)
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A bag of crocheted silk, with a circular base worked in double crochet (USA: single crochet) in a pattern of radiating black teardrops, edged with yellow on a red ground. Around this is a border of blue, red and yellow flowers, green leaves against black, with a shell pattern edging in black, green red and yellow. The sides of the bag are worked in a filet of two treble crochet (USA: double crochet). The top edge is a shell border of black, green red and yellow. The base of the bag is padded and lined with silk
The drawstring is a flat braid of red silk, with finials of green and yellow silk. Six finials of green and yellow, and red and yellow are suspended from the bottom.
The drawstring is a flat braid of red silk, with finials of green and yellow silk. Six finials of green and yellow, and red and yellow are suspended from the bottom.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Silk, wood; hand-crocheted, passementerie |
| Brief description | 1840-70, British; crocheted silk, red, yellow and black |
| Physical description | A bag of crocheted silk, with a circular base worked in double crochet (USA: single crochet) in a pattern of radiating black teardrops, edged with yellow on a red ground. Around this is a border of blue, red and yellow flowers, green leaves against black, with a shell pattern edging in black, green red and yellow. The sides of the bag are worked in a filet of two treble crochet (USA: double crochet). The top edge is a shell border of black, green red and yellow. The base of the bag is padded and lined with silk The drawstring is a flat braid of red silk, with finials of green and yellow silk. Six finials of green and yellow, and red and yellow are suspended from the bottom. |
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| Credit line | Given by Lt Col G. B. Croft Lyons, FSA |
| Bibliographic reference | Miller, Lesley Ellis, and Ana Cabrera Lafuente, with Claire Allen-Johnstone, eds. Silk: Fibre, Fabric and Fashion. London: Thames & Hudson Ltd in association with the Victoria and Albert Museum, 2021. ISBN 978-0-500-48065-6.
This object features in the publication Silk: Fibre, Fabric and Fashion (2021) |
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| Accession number | T.142-1909 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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