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  • Miser’s Purse, early 19th century

    Miser’s purse worked in bebilla or oya with very small flowers and leaves on green mesh. Two covered rings as slides for purse.

  • Miser’s Purse, early 19th century

    Small netted purse in dark brown silk with cut steel beads in floral design. Looped tassels of cut steel beads at each end; single steel ring.

  • Miser’s Purse (France), 1830–60

    Knitted miser’s purse of tan silk with cut steel beads, with beaded tassel at rounded end and bead loop fringe at flat end. Plain cut steel rings to fasten.

  • Miser’s Purse (France), early 19th century

    Cream colored silk miser’s purse with designs of flowers in cut steel beads. Tassels are made from cut steel loops. Single ring of steel, grooved ornament to fasten purse.

  • Shawl Fragment (India), 1901–25

    Symmetrical horizontal repeat of alternative variants of floral motif in lobed medallion framed in decorated arabesques; floral guard band below with decorated guard stripe. In blue-ish pinks, purples, turquoise, yellow,…

  • Shawl Fragment (India), 1901–25

    Kashmir shawl fragment. Elaborate flowerheads on scrolling stems with fine small leaves, buds, and small flowers; scrolling floral guard border with decorated guard strips. In yellows, orange, vermillion, cerise pinks,…

  • Shawl Fragment (India), 1901–25

    Kashmir shawl fragment. Horizontal repeats of symmetrical vase and flowers flanked by large elaborate interlace of decorated arabesques; twining flowering sprays fill interstices; scrolling floral guard band at bottom with…

  • Valance (Germany), late 18th–early 19th century

    Valence with scalloped border in floral printed cotton with the edges bound in blue tape. The pattern has natural-size flowers and leaves in violet, blue, green, yellow, red, and brown…

  • Valance (England), ca. 1790

    Cotton printed with design of vertical stripes with alternating rows of flowering vines or scattered blooms.

  • Miser’s Purse (France), early 19th century

    White silk purse ornamented with cut steel and gold beads in small diamond pattern. Two rings of cut steel in gold control side opening. Twisted gold beads ending in larger…

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