Vintage Petit Point Tapestry Bag, Austria, 1920s
£15.00
LOT NUMBER 86
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LOT NUMBER 86
Vintage Petit Point Tapestry Bag, Austria, 1920s
This is a fine example of the minutely stitched embroidered bags made in Austria during the 1950s. Of sack form, the black ground tapestry canvas is decorated on each side with a profusion of multicoloured flowers including peony and lotus worked in the ‘petit point’ style with tiny stitching within a gold rococo border, the sides and base decorated in the same style. The top and snap clasp are in gilt metal and suspended from a gilt metal chain. The inside is finished in cream coloured silk with two green stitching bordered pockets and a label which reads ‘MADE IN AUSTRIA’. The maker is anonymous but their work rivals that of the well known firm ‘Jolles Original’, founded in Vienna in 1923, whose creations won a Grand Prix award in the 1958 World Exhibition held in Belgium and were sold by premier American Department stores such as Bergdorf Goodman and Saks Fifth Avenue making this bag a desirable addition to a collection of embroidered bags or vintage bags in general.Size: | 15 x 16 cm |
Weight: | 80 grams |
Date: | 1920s |
Condition: | Very good condition, rubbing to the gilding on the frame. A few marks on the interior. |
Price: | £15 |