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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
Not on display
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.