Miser's purse
date: label: Date
content: early 19th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Crocheted brown silk; embroidered rectangles of gold and green silk are outlined with cut steel beads. Further ornamentation of the brown silk in geometric pattern of cut steel beads. One steel ring controls side opening; steel ball drops at either 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: 1953-106-40
objectType: label: Type
content: costume & accessories
label: Type
content: Miser's purse
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: silk, steel Technique: crocheted
label: Dimensions
content: L: 20.5 cm (8 1/16 in.)