Pocket Book
1750s (made)
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A man's pocket case / pocket book / wallet of cream silk, lined with pink silk and edged with silver-gilt woven lace (braid). On the front and back are landscapes inspired by 17th-century Dutch landscape prints, painted in a grisaille technique.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Silk, silver-gilt thread, watercolours; hand-woven, hand-painted, hand-sewn |
| Brief description | Pocket book or case, painted silk, metal thread ribbon, France, 1750s |
| Physical description | A man's pocket case / pocket book / wallet of cream silk, lined with pink silk and edged with silver-gilt woven lace (braid). On the front and back are landscapes inspired by 17th-century Dutch landscape prints, painted in a grisaille technique. |
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| Gallery label | The silk surface of this delicate pocket book has been used as the canvas for a painted grisaille landscape inspired by 17th-century Dutch prints. A number of pocket books with similar monochrome scenes survive in other museum collections and suggest the existence of a workshop specialising in this painting technique.
V&A, Room 40, Bags: Inside Out. (12/2020) |
| Credit line | Given by Miss Florence Kinkelin |
| 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.143-1961 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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