Beadwork Bag

Identifier

http://dp.la/api/items/e2d2986c0d9993db726bb69683c4cc24

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

Todd, Clara Augusta Harvey
Textiles
Victorian Needlework

Source

Smithsonian Institution

Relation

http://ids.si.edu/ids/deliveryService?id=NMAH-DOR2010-2321&max=150

Type

image

References

http://collections.si.edu/search/results.htm?q=record_ID%3Anmah_635532&repo=DPLA

Citation

Todd, Clara Augusta Harvey, “Beadwork Bag,” Center for Knit and Crochet Digital Repository, accessed September 24, 2026, https://digital.centerforknitandcrochet.org/items/show/7216.

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