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Purse

Description

Loom-woven beaded purse with off-white background. Front and back are striped with multi-colored floral and green geometric leaf patterns. The bottom panel features a pastoral setting with a house, foliage, and a girl in a blue dress. Green beaded looped fringe embellishes bottom edge. Lined with coral silk crepe. Handle is twisted coral cord drawstring finished with self-fringe.

Creator

Date

circa 1810-1840

Materials

Silk, glass beads

Dimensions

8 H x 6 W inches

Object ID

1967.39.2

Resource ID

15909

Credit Line

Gift of Mrs. T. Willing Balch

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.