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Parchment

1650-1700 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
England (made)

Parchment, apparently cut from a will, on which a panel for a needle lace purse has been started, in green silk.

Object details

Categories
Lace
Embroidery
Handicrafts
Object type
Parchment
Materials and techniques
needle lace worked in silk, on parchment
Brief description
for lace, 1650-1700, English; Work in progress, coloured, for needle lace
Physical description
Parchment, apparently cut from a will, on which a panel for a needle lace purse has been started, in green silk.
Dimensions
  • Length: 143mm
  • Width: 100mm
Gallery label
(12/2020)
These unfinished bags reveal a traditional process for making small flat textile purses which were often used to carry tobacco. The surface decoration, either embroidered or adorned with iridescent beetle wings, was carefully carried out on parchment, silk or tapestry by skilled craftspeople. Shown here are the bag components before being cut and assembled [T.13-1949, 9765:1(IS), 6281(IS), T.296-1916, 1375B-1854].

V&A, Room 40, Bags: Inside Out.
Credit line
Given by Mrs N H Cooper
Associated object
T.198-1927
Collection
Textiles and Fashion Collection
Accession number
T.13-1949

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O362844/parchment-unknown/
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