Knit a Pineapple Purse - Jane Austen articles and blog
Knitted pineapple reticule in the Kyoto Museum’s 1800-1810 collection. Josephine de Beauharnais, wife of Napoleon, was from Martinique and, as a consequence, crocheted and knitted purses in shapes of exotic fruits of her land became very fashionable in the 19th century.