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Queen Victoria's association with Scotland helped to promote the fabric as a choice for day and evening dresses, as well as hats and other accessories. An offcut may have been used to make this useful bag, beautifully and probably professionally embroidered with a thistle, an appropriately Scottish emblem. The cord handle and tassels were probably custom-made to match the tones of the woven silk.","physicalDescription":"Bag made of tartan silk embroidered with a thistle. The bag is square, slightly gathered at the top, and with stiffened edges. It is woven in satin and lined in plain white silk. The tartan has a white centre on which is a silver brocaded thistle. The handle ends have multicoloured tassels with silk-covered wooden bobbles of the colours woven in the tartan. 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