Ah, but what I find interesting about this piece besides the outer design is the placement of the tassels...and their possible function. I may be off the wall, but because of the slowness of total vision as the picture came up on my screen, I viewed the tassels attachment as a possibly second set of drawer strings, which would make the pouching double (ie. two compartments). Hmmm Kathleen
----- Original Message ----- From: "Dawn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Historical Costume" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, February 19, 2006 4:03 PM Subject: Re: [h-cost] Mystery Bag > Kathy Page wrote: > > > > > http://ca.geocities.com/absynthe30/avatars/M91_165.jpg > > > > I've looked at dozens of bags in the past two weeks but can't recall > that one, sorry. It does look more 17th century (mid-late?) to me than > 16th, though. It's metal embroidery, it's symmetrical, there's that > stylized scrollwork and leaves... I'm in the process of trying to make > one myself. > > > Dawn > > > > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
