Bag
Category
Textiles
Date
1600 - 1700
Materials
Brocade, Silk
Collection
Knole, Kent
NT 130095
Summary
17th century bag of crimson silk with raised embroidery of gold thread, lined in gold silk, the top edge bound with pink, green and cream brocade with 1/4 inch cream draw-string. Perhaps made up from prayer book cover or cushion. Formerly hung on spinning wheel in Lady Betty's Sitting Room. See Horace Walpole's reference to little bags