Purse
date: label: Date
content: 1821
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Large purse of linen embroidered overall with gray beads with floral designs in many colors in teh corners. Silver clasp inscribed Aus Vaterlichen Liebe Zum Andenken 1821 (With fatherly love, souvenir of 1821). The bag is not lined, revealing the many colored silk threads used to attach the beads to the linen ground.
place: label: made in
content: Germany
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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 the estate of Mrs. Lathrop Colgate Harper
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1957-180-4
objectType: label: Type
content: costume & accessories
label: Type
content: Purse
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: linen, silk, glass and ceramic beads, metal findings Technique: embroidered with beads
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (without handle): 26.7 x 24.1 x 3.8 cm (10 1/2 x 9 1/2 x 1 1/2 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (with handle): 40.6 x 24.1 x 3.8 cm (16 in. x 9 1/2 in. x 1 1/2 in.)