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Terms
  • Purses
  • Taffeta
  • Beads
Dimensions20.32 × 2.54 × 58.42 cm (8 × 1 × 23 in.)
Credit LineGift of Miss Mary Leighton, in memory of Mrs. Eliza Leighton Barrett (1938)
Object numberPER1850
DescriptionA purse or bag made of black taffeta embellished at the top and bottom with decorative beading. The beads are predominently dark blue, light blue, green, pink, mauve and yellow and feature a floral motif. The bottom of the bag is conical in shape with a beaded ball and tassel at the end. The open end of the bag features a scalloped edge, beaded handles and four decorative beaded balls.
Collections
  • Historic Clothing
purse
Object number: 2012.26.3
Bertha Zeller
ca. 1910
Purse or hand bag
Object number: PER1316F
Late 1800s
purse
Object number: PER749
ca. 1850
Object number: PER1133.2
Mid to Late 1800s
Purse
Object number: 1991.1
1870 - 1899
beaded purse
Object number: PER224
beaded purse
Object number: PER1173.2
1800s (?)
beaded purse
Object number: COS84.36
Late 1800s
miser's purse
Object number: Cos79.55
Mid 1800s
purse
Object number: COS84.37
1890-1900
beaded purse
Object number: PER1113
beaded purse
Object number: COS84.38.1
ca. 1930