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Woman's Bag (Reticule)circa 1810

Not on view
Beaded drawstring bag with pearl-white ground, depicting a garden scene with trees and a figure above a striped band and large pink roses below
Beaded drawstring bag with white ground, depicting a garden scene with figures, trees, and an architectural structure in the upper half, and a floral arrangement of pink roses below a horizontal striped border; twisted cord and tassel at top, small decorative element at pointed base.
Beaded drawstring purse with white ground, shield-shaped form, depicting a landscape scene with green trees and a figure in the upper half, and pink and red floral sprays below a zigzag border; twisted cord with tassels at top, small gilt bead at bottom.
Beaded drawstring purse with white ground, depicting a landscape scene with green trees, figures, and a garden structure in the upper panel, and pink and red roses in the lower panel, gathered at the top with a twisted cord and tassels, small gilt ornament at the base.
Close-up of beadwork panel showing a small bird with blue and yellow plumage perched among green foliage, with red and gold striped border at lower edge, worked in white, green, brown, and multicolored glass beads on woven ground.
Close-up detail of beadwork showing a floral still life: a gold and brown vessel filled with pink blooms, surrounded by green foliage on a white ground, with red and gold borders, rendered in tightly packed glass seed beads.
Title
Woman's Bag (Reticule)
Place Made
Europe
Date Made
circa 1810
Medium
Silk knit with glass beads and silk cord
Dimensions
4 1/4 × 3 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.2007.211.248
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.