Miser's purse
date: label: Date
content: early 19th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Coral colored silk, fringed and covered evenly with cut steel beads, which form the outer ends of the bag. The middle, of crocheted black silk, is sewn to the coral portion; triangular lappets of black silk crochet, with cut steel pendants at each triangular point, overlap the coral. Two cut steel rings control the side closing.
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: 1953-106-34
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: 21 cm (8 1/4 in.)