Miser's purse
date: label: Date
content: early 19th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Crocheted black silk; embroidered areas of green and yellow silk with stylized flowers of cut steel beads. More beads are used in triangular pattern. Two steel rings control side closing; steel bead tassels at one end, steel bead fringe at the other.
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: 1953-106-33
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: 25 cm (9 13/16 in.)