Tuesday, July 23, 2019

Three-Sided Reticule, 1831

A 3-sided trapezoidal bag of red plaid silk, with red cord drawstrings closing the top and dark blue tassels hanging from the central point and the three bottom corners.
A nice, subtle design.

From The American Girl's Book (1831). It's made of silk tafetta from Renaissance Fabrics (specifically, scraps from the plaid parasol), with tassels of dark blue silk floss, and red cord from my stash. All hand sewn, though not on purpose.

Here's an original bag of this style dated c.1800-1825 in the LACMA collection.
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