Miser's purse
date: label: Date
content: early 19th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Crocheted purple silk ornamented with gold and cut steel beads in diamond and stylized branch pattern. Four of the small diamond shapes have been filled in with reddish silk embroidery. Two faceted rings at opening and two drops at either end, all cut of steel.
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: 1953-106-67
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: 20.5 cm (8 1/16 in.)