Handbag of heavy woven cotton with patterned bands of laid-in designs in multi-colored wool

Title
Handbag of heavy woven cotton with patterned bands of laid-in designs in multi-colored wool
LC Subject
handbags
Donor
Fritchoff, Alma C.
Description
Handbag of heavy woven cotton with patterned bands of laid-in designs in multi-colored wool; main portion of woven bag in white, beige-peach, grey, black and yellow with green, red, blues and violet wool; designs of human figures (male and female couple), vines with flowers and bird and tree motif blocked by figured stripes; bag has multi-colored wool tassels at each bottom corner and braided wool straps at top.
Motif
Human figures Bird Floral vine
Work Type
handbags
Location
Sardinia >> Sardinia >> Italy
Date
1901/2000
Identifier
1933.005.004
Rights
In Copyright
License
Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International
Type
Image
Format
image/tiff
Material
Cotton Wool
Technique
Laid-in weaving Embroidery
Set
Historic and Cultural Textile and Apparel Collection
Primary Set
Historic and Cultural Textile and Apparel Collection
Institution
Oregon State University
Note
Sardinia is an island in the Western Mediterranean Sea and is an autonomous region of Italy.