Bag

1750–1800

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States

Woman's bag of white taffeta, embroidered in colored silks, metal thread and sequins. On one side, children playing game of "la main chaude;" on the other, woman offering grapes to a child. Faces painted. Edged with elaborate trimming of silk flowers.

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Title: Bag
Date Created: 1750–1800
Location Created: France
Original Source: See this work of art on the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum website
Medium: Medium: silk, metal Technique: stem, running and knot stitches using attached coils of gilt wire and gilt spangles. Trimmed with floral vine made of dyed silks bound to wire.
Credit line: Bequest of Richard Cranch Greenleaf in memory of his mother, Adeline Emma Greenleaf

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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