At 07:18 PM 1/17/2006, Dawn wrote:
I've been looking at recreating some accessories from the 17th
century, and I found this great site for purses.
http://www.museumofbagsandpurses.com/eng_1600.html
I'm interested in numbers 3 and 6. #3 looks like it's made from a
flat rectangle folded in half. Would that be correct? Could it be
open on top, or would there be some sort of fastener? Does anyone
have and idea what size something like this would be?
There are four similar purses (dated first third of the 17th c.) in
the V & A's book "Embroidery in Britain from 1200 to 1750"; they are
all on linen canvas, worked with silk and silver thread, and one has
seed pearls. They are items numbered 56 through 59. They all have
drawstrings as well as handles. And they are all about 5" x 4" (plus
or minus half an inch in each dimension). The stitches are described
as Gobelin, plaited Gobelin, tent, and plaited braid (various
combinations on each purse). One of them is only tent stitches.
#6 looks like it is made from 4 half-football shapes, probably
lined, with drawstrings. There is a similar bag on the following
page, (http://www.museumofbagsandpurses.com/eng_1700.html) heavily
embroidered. Can anyone tell me what kind of embroidery that is? It
kind of looks like cross stitch to me.
That one on the 1700 page looks like beading to me.
Yet another in that style here:
http://www.witneyantiques.com/flat.items/embroidery17lg.htm
But I can't make out the type of stitches used. I suck at hand work,
but I can do basic stitches if I know what they are.
If I were trying to make it I'd use tent stitch or very small
cross-stitch on faille.
Joan Jurancich
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