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Medium
silk (satin, thread), gilt-metal (braid)
Measurements
22.0 × 27.0 × 2.5 cm
Place/s of Execution
(France)
Accession Number
2019.486
Department
International Fashion and Textiles
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of Krystyna Campbell-Pretty AM and Family through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program, 2019
Gallery location
17th & 18th Century Decorative Arts & Paintings Gallery
Level 2, NGV International
Physical description
Embroidered rectangular cream silk satin reticule, with green trim around edge appliqued with gold lace and cream braid. Drawstring gold-coloured cord handles. Chain-stich embroidered vignettes on either side in polycrhome threads. One side features a vignette of an altar to love, with a dog delivering a floral garland, the other side a silver thread monogram within a flowering arch. The bag is lined in pink silk.