Bag
ca. 1650 (made)
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Bag of raised embroidered linen canvas with coloured silks, silver and silver-gilt threads and metal purl in tent and detached needlepoint stitches. Drawstring of green and red silk braid. Lined with pink silk. Design of coiling stems with fruit and flowers.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Embroidered linen canvas with coloured silks, silver and silver-gilt threads and metal purl, silk braid, lined with silk |
| Brief description | Bag of embroidered linen canvas with coloured silks, silver and silver-gilt threads and metal purl, England, ca. 1650 |
| Physical description | Bag of raised embroidered linen canvas with coloured silks, silver and silver-gilt threads and metal purl in tent and detached needlepoint stitches. Drawstring of green and red silk braid. Lined with pink silk. Design of coiling stems with fruit and flowers. |
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| Credit line | Bequeathed by Sir Frederick Richmond, Bt |
| Object history | Similar seventeenth-century embroidered bags can be found in the British Museum (museum number: 1866,0627.146), and in the Burrell Collection (museum number: 29.310). |
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| Accession number | T.54-1954 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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