On View
Not on viewpocketbook
Dateca. 1920
Terms
- Handbags
- Cotton
Dimensions10.16 × 13.97 cm (4 × 5 1/2 in.)
Credit LineGift of Frances and Hooper Brooks
Object numberCOS81.124
DescriptionA pocketbook or purse in the style of a wallet, made of black cotton crochet. The pocketbook folds in the middle and opens to reveal two pockets, one of which contains a small blue ticket to Symphony Hall and a note that reads, "For dear Aunt Lizzie / with lots of love / and best wishes from / Francoise". The bag has no decorative embellishments of bead work.
Collections
- Historic Clothing
Object number: T1108
Image Not Available
for Old North Bridge, showing Minute Man statue and Battle Green, Concord, Mass.
Object number: M2138AP
Inc. Tichnor Bros.
1942
Object number: A2045
