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Collections

Woman's Bag (Reticule)1800-1825

Not on view
Lavender silk drawstring bag with cream and gold embroidery depicting a flaming urn, ivy vines, and fern sprays, with cream twisted-cord border and multiple cream tassels
Embroidered silk drawstring bag in lavender purple, decorated with white and gold needlework depicting two birds amid foliage and a hanging floral garland; cream cord edging and tan silk tassels at corners and top.
Silk drawstring bag in purple with white and gold embroidered floral sprays, trimmed with twisted cord edging and cream silk tassels at corners and drawstring.
Full-length costume display on a white mannequin against a black background: white muslin dress with voluminous gathered sleeves and tiered skirt, lavender satin sash tied at the waist, wide-brimmed straw bonnet with purple ribbon ties, small embroidered purple reticule bag, and purple flat slippers.
Museum display of two white mannequins in early 19th-century dress. Left figure wears a pale corset with puff sleeves, white petticoat skirt, and floral cap. Right figure wears a white muslin dress with voluminous sleeves, wide purple sash, striped poke bonnet, and carries a small embroidered purple reticule.
Title
Woman's Bag (Reticule)
Place Made
France
Date Made
1800-1825
Medium
Silk plain weave with sequins and silk embroidery
Dimensions
10 × 5 3/4 × 5 in.
Credit Line
Purchased with funds provided by Suzanne A. Saperstein and Michael and Ellen Michelson, with additional funding from the Costume Council, the Edgerton Foundation, Gail and Gerald Oppenheimer, Maureen H. Shapiro, Grace Tsao, and Lenore and Richard Wayne
Accession Number
M.2007.211.253
Classification
Costumes
Collecting Area
Costume and Textiles
Selected Bibliography
  • Takeda, Sharon Sadako and Kaye Durland Spilker. Fashioning Fashion: Deux Siècles de Mode Européenne, 1700-1915. Paris: Arts Décoratifs; Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Munich; New York: Delmonico Books-Prestel, 2013.
  • Takeda, Sharon Sadako and Kaye Durland Spilker. Fashioning Fashion: European Dress in Detail, 1700-1915. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Munich; New York: Delmonico Books/Prestel, 2010.
  • Takeda, Sharon Sadako and Kaye Durland Spilker. Fashioning Fashion: Europäische Moden, 1700-1915. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Munich; New York: Prestel, 2012.
  • Örmen, Catherine. L'Art de la Mode. Paris: Citadelles & Mazenod, 2015.