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Bag

ca. 1878 (made)

embroidered silk, c.1878, British; Jane Morris. Coloured silks, metal mount


Object details

Categories
Accessories
Bags
Embroidery
Object type
Bag
Brief description
embroidered silk, c.1878, British; Jane Morris. Coloured silks, metal mount
Dimensions
  • Width: 220mm (Note: board)
  • Height: 245mm (Note: board)
  • Depth: 45mm (Note: Bag on board)
Credit line
Bequeathed by May Morris
Production
It is likely that the embroidery for the bag was designed as well as worked by Jane Morris. It is stylistically similar to floral embelishment painted on a four page booklet of four pages of verse including a poem 'Oneglia' given as a keepsake by Jane Morris to Rosalind Howard in 1878. This survives at Castle Howard.
Collection
Textiles and Fashion Collection
Accession number
T.70-1939

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O368440/bag/
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