Search Demo: Museum Collection

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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.

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  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.

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  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.

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  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.

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  Towel End, 18th–19th century

  Towel end made up of three pieces of loosely woven fine cloth with a deep band of embroidery of stylized allover floral design in silver-gilt thread and silk embroidery in…

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  Towel End (Mexico), late 19th century

  Colored glass beads strung onto the extended threads and then knotted into a pattern.

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  Towel End, 19th century

  End crossed by two types of shrine forms (?) alternating in blue, green and pink silk silver thread with touches of brown and cream. Fret border in cream and silver…