Gift of a Friend sweetbag

English, 1631 (date of creation)

Material and technique: netted beadwork; glass beads, linen, leather, silk ribbon

Dimensions: 12.5 x 18cm (height x width)

Inscription/mark: THE GIFT OF A FRIEND 1631, on front and back in beadwork

Presented by Micheál and Elizabeth Feller, in honour of Professor Christopher Brown, CBE, 2014.

In the collection of the Asmolean Musuem, Oxford, UK

Accession no.: WA2014.71.33
https://collections.ashmolean.org/object/787473

Further reading:
Brooks, Mary M., Feller, Elizabeth; Holdsworth, Jacqueline, Micheál & Elizabeth Feller The Needlework Collection: 1 (UK, Hascombe; Needleprint, 2011), page illustrated: 114

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