Digital Collections

Purse

Object/Artifact

Cut steel purse framed with fancy steel chain and ring for chatelaine, possibly. Deep purse in tan silk hand-knitted with lengthwise ribs with steel beads forming stripes. Twisted loop bead fringe at the base and long tassels at each side formed of the same beads and long flat ones.

G97.112

Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection

Accessory

Adult, Female

Historic Costume

1840 - 1870

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