Purse

Date1850-1890

Terms

Purses
Silk Fiber
Thread
Beads
France

Dimensions26.67 × 30.48 cm (10 1/2 × 12 in.)

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Paul Rich Dinsmore (2005)

Object number2006.7.1

DescriptionBrown and burgundy micro beaded purse with orange, yellow, aqua, green, red, and silver beaded design. Tapered sack shape. Burgundy beaded bottom is attached to interior silk lining of white silk walls and brown silk bottom with horizontal teal striping. Interior also has a small brown with teal striped pocket, labelled Made in France. Brown beaded design exterior is backed with brown with teal stripe silk and hangs freely over the burgundy bottom. Closes with double drawstrings. Beaded tassels on the bottom and the ends of both drawstrings. Beaded fringe around the base. No apparent missing beads. Visible white threads in the bottom tassle. One of the beaded top loops has come unstitched and no longer holds the drawstring. The brown and teal interior bottom is almost entirely unstitched from the sides.

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