Miser's purse
date: label: Date
content: early 19th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Crocheted black silk embroidered with areas of red, blue and yellow silk. Further ornamented with beads of gold and cut steel. Stylized leaf pattern and other decoration in the same beads. Gold and steel rings control side opening; tassels at each end of beads, twisted gold wire, and faceted cut steel balls.
place: label: made in
content: France
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Textiles Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mrs. Albert Blum
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1953-106-32
objectType: label: Type
content: costume & accessories
label: Type
content: Miser's purse
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: silk, metal Technique: crocheted
label: Dimensions
content: L: 36 cm (14 3/16 in.)