Miser's purse
Identifier
http://dp.la/api/items/578050fda882c9c28ee71f1260ef8c69
Title
Miser's purse
Date
early 19th century
Description
Research in Progress
Crocheted black silk; embroidered areas of green and yellow silk with stylized flowers of cut steel beads. More beads are used in triangular pattern. Two steel rings control side closing; steel bead tassels at one end, steel bead fringe at the other.
Source
Smithsonian Institution
Collection
Citation
“Miser's purse,” Center for Knit and Crochet Digital Repository, accessed May 10, 2024, http://digital.centerforknitandcrochet.org/items/show/27662.
Added by Rebecca Keyel
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