Digital Collections

Purse

Object/Artifact

Black silk taffeta miser’s bag with black glass or jet beads embroidered and applied as fringe. Entirely hand stitched. Two metal sliders covered with black silk and beads. Lined with ivory cotton sateen; one square, one round end.

G87.015

Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection

Accessory

Adult, Female

Historic Costume

1860

6 in

18 in

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