Beaded Bag

Identifier

http://dp.la/api/items/977a624e94be5e73579bbad81f36c733

Title

Beaded Bag

Creator

McGarvey, Sarah Hall

Description

This beaded purse has each bead sewn on individually. Beaded bags and knitted bags were fashionable in the 1800s. It was made by Sarah Hall McGarvey who was born September 22, 1823, in Strafford, NH to Elisha and Betsy Critchett Hall. She married James McGarvey (1814-1866) about 1842 in Derry, NH and they had seven children – Charles Henry, Sarah Abby, Jane, James, Jessie, Mary, and William. She died December 27, 1904 in Roxbury, MA.
Currently not on view

Subject

McGarvey, Sarah Hall
Textiles
Victorian Needlework

Source

Smithsonian Institution

Relation

http://ids.si.edu/ids/deliveryService?id=SIA-2001-7544-000002&max=150

Type

image

References

http://collections.si.edu/search/results.htm?q=record_ID%3Anmah_1092093&repo=DPLA

Citation

McGarvey, Sarah Hall, “Beaded Bag,” Center for Knit and Crochet Digital Repository, accessed August 16, 2026, https://digital.centerforknitandcrochet.org/items/show/7751.

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