Miser's purse
date: label: Date
content: early 19th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Dark crocheted silk ornamented with cut steel beads in diagonal bar patterns and diamond shaped areas. Two hexagonal steel rings control side opening; ornamental pendant of steel beads and bars at one end; steel beads form tassel at the other end.
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: 1953-106-25
objectType: label: Type
content: knotted, knitted and crocheted textiles
label: Type
content: Miser's purse
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: silk, steel Technique: crochet
label: Dimensions
content: L: 37.5 cm (14 3/4 in.)