Posted 10 years ago
Elisabethan
(284 items)
Hello CW friends! I´ve seen beaded bags and purses here on CW that I love. So I have kept my eyes open and the other day I managed to find this purse or bag and won the internet auction. I bought it for 19 USD (17 EUR).
The size is 18 cm (7 inch) and 12 cm (4,9 inches).
My purse shows signs of age and at the top, the Purple lining, has faded a little but otherwise it is in good condition. No beads are missing from what I can see. I´m not 100 % sure but I think the thread and lining is linnen. The beads are so very small and made of glass.
Drawstring, I think. I have also seen them called flapper or even mourning bags.
Thanks DrFluffy for information and love.
Thanks also Manikin, Mikelv85 and aghcollect always fast in giving attention, greatful!
Thankyou Katherinescollection!
Gorgeous Elisabeth....so much work in making a beautiful thing to carry!
Thanks Valention! I'm very interested in your thoughts and look forward to what ever you can find out, thanks so much for concidering helping me.
Thankyou Racer4four for your nice coment! Yes I also think about how much work someone put in to this. Sewing all those tiny beads on!!
Thanks Vetraio50, freiheit and PatSea!
Thankyou Sean!
Thanks kyratango! I wonder if this might be french?
In 18th and 19th century England this bag would have been called a reticle but now the word is largely forgotten. That said in my small town the shop selling fabrics, threads, beads, felt, buttons etc is called 'Reticule'.
I see, very interesting sklo42! Thankyou very much for your coment. I wonder if the bag was called that because it was handcrafted or because a lady would keep her sewingthings in it? Thanks for loving this.
Thanks for loving this antiquerose.
I've always wanted one of these too, a nice old one but never seen one I like, but yours is beautiful...hopefully one day....:-)
Thankyou Inky, that's so nice of you!! I also wanted one and suddenly I found it and for a great price:) Let's hope that you find one soon.
Thankyou ho2cultcha!
Thanks for the help with this post. I see I have fargotten to mark it as solved. This is indeed a reticule bag from around 1890-1910 or so. I have red some books on it as well lately. I'm moving towards collecting handbags and purses maybe...