Purse

Title

Purse

Date

1910/1920

Description

Purse. Ornate bell-shaped silver (plated?) frame with openwork latticework set with red and blue cabochons and with silver (plated?) chain. Body of purse is of crocheted gray with vertical stripes of horizontal rows of faceted blue beads. Bottom of bag with fringe formed of loops of matching beading. Lined in gray satin with roses and vine trim.
18 cm. from tip of clasp to bottom of fringe; 12 cm. at widest part of bag.

Subject

Social Life and Customs - Clothing - Accessories
Handbags
Purses (ladies' accessories)
Beadwork (visual works)

Source

The Portal to Texas History

Relation

https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc30089/small/

Type

image

References

https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc30089/

Citation

“Purse,” Center for Knit and Crochet Digital Repository, accessed October 17, 2026, https://digital.centerforknitandcrochet.org/items/show/40132.

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