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1004 SOLD - Vintage Dowry Bag with Mirror Embroidery
Sold to a discerning Antique Art-Lover
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Extravagantly embroidered
Heavy with Mirrors all over on front and back
Note that the mirrors used are convex and not the flat ones usually seen. Rare!
Used to pack the bride's gifts and clothing for her move to the husband's home.
Zipper added.
Estimated to be from the mid 1900s.
A masterpiece that is very rare and will be impossible to find another of!
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This item has spent a lifetime being used for the purpose of its creation with the original artist/user. Signs of this life lived heartily may be present on the piece in the form of stains, thread loss, loose threads, holes, tears, color run and other imperfections. Therefore the condition must be assumed to be “not” perfect. More photos of such imperfections will be provided on request.
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