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Collections

Woman's Work Bag and Boxcirca 1787

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Painted oval wooden box, open to show folk-art landscape on exterior, displayed beside an ivory embroidered cap with coral cameo and gathered pale blue silk lining

Unknown, Woman's Work Bag and Box, circa 1787, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Michael Laykin, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Title
Woman's Work Bag and Box
Place Made
Portugal, Lisbon
Date Made
circa 1787
Medium
a) Work bag: Silk and gold embroidery, sequins, paste stones, wax seals, painted wood; b) Box: Painted wood; c) Lid: Painted wood
Dimensions
Work Bag: 16 × 15 1/2 × 4 3/4 in. (40.64 × 39.37 × 12.07 cm) Box and Lid: 5 1/4 × 15 5/8 × 8 5/8 in. (13.34 × 39.69 × 21.91 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Michael Laykin
Accession Number
M.81.94a-c
Classification
Tools and Equipment
Collecting Area
Costume and Textiles
Selected Bibliography
  • Maeder, Edward et al.. An Elegant Art: Fashion & Fantasy in the Eighteenth Century. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1983.
  • Making Her Mark: a History of Women Artists in Europe, 1400-1800. Toronto: Art Gallery of Ontario, 2023.