Reticule

Name/Title

Reticule

Entry/Object ID

G94.037

Description

Entirely hand stitched white PW cotton. Rectangular. Edged with small vandykes alternating with tiny pom poms. Embroidered with white cotton in large arabesque floral motifs in tambour-work, and satin and eyelet stitches. White cotton drawstrings with tassels, in casings. Each side signed at top “Hannah Spaulding - 1816”-- one tamboured, one running stitched-- and 1816. Lined with carefully pieced linen, signed inside. Bag is 10 3/4” long x 8 3/4” wide.

Collection

Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection

Made/Created

Date made

1816

Notes

User Age: Adult Gender: Female

Lexicon

Search Terms

Reticule, Purse, Vandykes, Pompoms

Dimensions

Width

8 in

Length

10-3/4 in

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Spaulding, Hannah