Silver Beaded Metal Chatelaine Purse
date: label: Date
content: Between 1920 -1930
notes: label: Caption
content: Metal beads form a silver spiral on the front of this round chatelaine purse. Loops of silver beads dangle below the evening bag. Roses line the purse’s curved metal frame, which fastens in a kiss clasp with metal spheres. The purse hangs by a chain from a chatelaine, or metal clip that can be hooked to a belt, thereby freeing the wearer from carrying the bag. The chatelaine is made of German silver and embellished with a floral motif. The purse’s interior is suede.
label: Caption
content: The evening bag belonged to renowned scholar-librarian Dorothy Porter Wesley (1905-1995), who organized and developed an unparalleled collection rooted in African American history that would become the Moorland-Spingarn Research Center at Howard University in Washington, DC.
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content: Anacostia Community Museum Collection
creditLine: label: Cite As
content: Anacostia Community Museum, Smithsonian Institution
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Anacostia Community Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1997.0020.0070
objectType: label: Type
content: purse
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: German silver, metal beads, suede
label: Dimensions
content: 12 15/16 × 7 5/16 × 1/2 in. (32.8 × 18.5 × 1.3 cm)