Purse
Purse
1880s (made)
1880s (made)
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| Place of origin |
Purse of red cloth and leather back, embroidered with coloured wools and brass frame, Floda, Dalarna, Sweden, 1880s.
The front of red cloth embroidered with symmetrically arranged floral details in coloured wools worked in satin, stem and chain stitch. Back of leather. Mounted with engraved brass frame and hook.
The front of red cloth embroidered with symmetrically arranged floral details in coloured wools worked in satin, stem and chain stitch. Back of leather. Mounted with engraved brass frame and hook.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Purse |
| Materials and techniques | Leather, wool cloth embroidered with wool yarn and engraved brass frame |
| Brief description | Purse, cloth, leather, wool, brass, Floda, Dalarna, Sweden, 1880s |
| Physical description | Purse of red cloth and leather back, embroidered with coloured wools and brass frame, Floda, Dalarna, Sweden, 1880s. The front of red cloth embroidered with symmetrically arranged floral details in coloured wools worked in satin, stem and chain stitch. Back of leather. Mounted with engraved brass frame and hook. |
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| Gallery label | SYMBOLS OF IDENTITY
Colours, technique and materials have long been employed in bag design to identify groups of people. This woven bag with colourful motifs of stars, crosses and local animals (llama, alpaca, vicuna or guanaco), produced with natural dyes, is characteristic of 16th-century Peruvian people before the arrival of Spanish explorers [T.76-1933]. Similarly, the Swedish belt bag decorated with natural motifs of floral embroidery is typical of the Floda region.
V&A, Room 40, Bags: Inside Out. (12/2020) |
| Object history | This purse, called "kjolväska" (skirt bag) in Swedish, belongs to the folk dress of the parish of Floda in the province of Dalarna (Dalecarlia). The purse is hooked onto the waistband of the apron. |
| Production | Made and used by peasants of the parish of Floda, in the province of Dalarna (Dalecarlia) |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 361-1882 |
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| Record created | March 5, 2003 |
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