Reticule
Category
Costume
Date
1820 - 1830
Materials
Textile
Measurements
140 mm (H)140 mm (W)
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Snowshill Wade Costume Collection, Gloucestershire
NT 1349597
Summary
Bag; Reticule made from cream watered silk embroidered both sides with silk in a design of a running spray of pink rosebuds and green leaves. It is lined with cream silk and edged with a cream silk fringe. There is a cream silk cord for hanging and the flap fastens with a silk covered button and a silk cord loop. Cf. Nancy Bradfield 'Costume in Detail' Pg. 139 (female)
Provenance
Given to National Trust with Snowshill Manor in 1951 by Charles Paget Wade