Beadwork Bag
Identifier
http://dp.la/api/items/927c24d1ef98ed52a86348fef3df9729
Title
Beadwork Bag
Creator
Todd, Clara Augusta Harvey
Description
A knitted beadwork purse, with a stylized flower repeat design, front and back. There are small flower bands at the bottom. It has a beaded twisted looped fringe at the bottom. Frame and fastener of German silver, with gold finish chain attached. Lined with blue silk, with a pocket. Beaded bags and knitted bags were fashionable in the 1800s. It was made by Clara Augusta Harvey Todd who was born to Charles and Augusta Farnsworth Harvey on June 27, 1869 in Methuen, MA. She married Burton D Todd and had a daughter Arvilla.
Currently not on view
Subject
Victorian Needlework
Textiles
Todd, Clara Augusta Harvey
Source
Smithsonian Institution
Work Attributes
Subject
Victorian Needlework
Textiles
Todd, Clara Augusta Harvey
Collection
Citation
Todd, Clara Augusta Harvey, “Beadwork Bag,” Center for Knit and Crochet Digital Repository, accessed March 28, 2024, https://digital.centerforknitandcrochet.org/items/show/28038.
Added by Rebecca Keyel
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