auctionguide: Satin “Housewife” Fold-Over Bag, ca 1786, in silk satin and lined with silk, hand-stitched and embroidered overall, with pockets and areas for storing needle and thread, small paper and pencil, keys and a small clock, inscribed, “Chere Souvenance” New Orleans Auction Gallery, Fall Antiques and Art Auction, New Orleans, Oct 2nd

auctionguide:

Satin “Housewife” Fold-Over Bag, ca 1786, in silk satin and lined with silk, hand-stitched and embroidered overall, with pockets and areas for storing needle and thread, small paper and pencil, keys and a small clock, inscribed, “Chere Souvenance”

New Orleans Auction Gallery, Fall Antiques and Art Auction, New Orleans, Oct 2nd

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A beautiful silk embroidered reticule from 1800-1824. Sometimes it was spelled “ridicule” because some found it ridiculous that women carried their belongings in a bag instead of on their person i.e. in pockets such as they did in the 18th century. At the V&A Museum.

A beautiful silk embroidered reticule from 1800-1824. Sometimes it was spelled “ridicule” because some found it ridiculous that women carried their belongings in a bag instead of on their person i.e. in pockets such as they did in the 18th century. At the V&A Museum.