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Purse

Description

Brown knit bag with white beaded embroidery in a geometric pattern. Gold metal frame opening with small metal ring at top center. Thread fringe at bottom trimmed with white beads.

Creator

Date

circa 1840

Materials

Silk, glass beads, metal

Dimensions

6.5 L x 3 W inches

Object ID

1993.29.11

Resource ID

15956

Credit Line

Gift of James McHenry Gillet, C. Van Leuven Stewart, Cary McHenry Stewart, and Warren Emerson Stewart in memory of Peggy Stewart Williams

Digital Publisher

Digital resource provided by the Maryland Center for History and Culture

Rights

This digital image is made available here for private study, scholarship, and research. Commercial and other uses are prohibited without the permission of the Maryland Center for History and Culture. For more information, visit the MCHC’s Reproductions and Permissions web page.