Silk net bag with red triangular pattern at each end, white silk in the middle. Ornamented with cut steel beads outlining the triangles and forming diamond-like designs on the mid portion. Two heavily cut rings control side opening; cut steel drops at either end.
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Details
Title: Miser's purse
Creator: Unknown
Date Created: 1810–30
Type: Miser's purse
Rights: Gift of Mrs. Albert Blum
Medium: Medium: silk, metal beads Technique: netting
Exhibitions: Purses/Pouches/Pockets, Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, 12/6/88-3/5/89
Dimensions: 19.5 cm (7 11/16 in.)
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