Reticule
Category
Costume
Date
1830 - 1840
Materials
Textile
Measurements
178 mm (H)178 mm (W)
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Snowshill Wade Costume Collection, Gloucestershire
NT 1349595
Summary
Bag; Reticule - Made from black silk satin and embroidered on one side with silk flow, chenille, chine ribbons in shades of green and possibly bone fish scales in a design of roses, buds and other flowers and leaves. It is lined with pink silk and edged with a black silk fringe with black silk ribbons either side. the flap fastens on the inside with a smal pearl button and black loop. Cf. Nancy Bradfield 'Costume in Detail' Pg. 153 (female)
Provenance
Given to National Trust with Snowshill Manor in 1951 by Charles Paget Wade