Multicolor knit miser-style purse in cream, pink and orange cotton or silk thread. Embellished with cut steel beads in a checkerboard pattern at bottom end and in an angled pattern at the top. Two twisted bead tassels at bottom are attached with metal caps. Closes with two metal ring closures.
circa 19th century
Cotton, silk, steel
15 L x 2 W inches
xx.4.61
11995
The Redwood Collection, Gift of Mrs. Francis Tazewell Redwood
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