Bag
Unknown Artist
early 19th century
Medium
Glass beads
Dimensions
H. 7 x W. 5 3/4 inches (17.8 x 14.6 cm)
Classification
Textiles-Embroidered
Culture
British
Department
European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of Mrs. Abby L. Whiting, 1924
Accession Number
24.124
Tags
About this artwork
This delicate glass bead bag exemplifies the refined needlework and decorative arts that occupied genteel women in early nineteenth-century Britain. Created during the Regency period, when fashion and decorative arts reached remarkable heights of elegance, the bag demonstrates meticulous craftsmanship in its intricate beadwork patterns. Glass beads, imported from various European manufacturing centers, were painstakingly threaded and stitched onto silk or other fabric foundations to create acces...