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O'Kell's Scent Sachet, 1895

O'Kell's Scent Sachet with Nightingale, 1895. A sachet is a small soft bag containing perfumed or sweet-smelling items also referred to as an ascent bag, scent bag, sweet bag, sachet bag, sachet de senteurs, spiced sachet, potpourri sachet, scented sachet, perfume cushion, smelling cushion, scented cushion, fragrant bag, pomander and "dream pillow." Scented sachets were once very popular as women liked to carry them next to their handkerchiefs or lay them in wardrobes and clothes drawers.
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Title:
O'Kell's Scent Sachet, 1895
Caption:
O'Kell's Scent Sachet with Nightingale, 1895. A sachet is a small soft bag containing perfumed or sweet-smelling items also referred to as an ascent bag, scent bag, sweet bag, sachet bag, sachet de senteurs, spiced sachet, potpourri sachet, scented sachet, perfume cushion, smelling cushion, scented cushion, fragrant bag, pomander and "dream pillow." Scented sachets were once very popular as women liked to carry them next to their handkerchiefs or lay them in wardrobes and clothes drawers.
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Album / Science Source / New York Public Library
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3600 x 2579 px | 26.6 MB
Print size:
30.5 x 21.8 cm | 12.0 x 8.6 in (300 dpi)