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Bag

Unknown1755/1764

The Victoria and Albert Museum

The Victoria and Albert Museum
London, United Kingdom

Netting, practised by both men and women, became popular in the second half of the eighteenth century and continued into the early nineteenth. Done mainly in silk, linen, cotton or woollen thread, it was used to make a variety of small and large objects in a fine or coarse net. The most well known product was the purse. This example is made from bast or some other plant fibre.

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  • Title: Bag
  • Creator: Unknown
  • Date Created: 1755/1764
  • Location: England
  • Provenance: Given by J. B. Fowler, Esq.
  • Medium: Netted plant fibre
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