Search Demo: Museum Collection

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  Sample Book Of Ribbons (USA), ca. 1910

  Notebook with dark leather corners and back, with board covers covered with polychrome marbled paper, and plain pages on which are pasted 94 wide ribbon samples in polychrome and white…

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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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  Earrings (India), late 19th century

  Pair of earrings. Turquoise matrix and silver.

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  Earrings (India), late 19th century

  Pair of earrings of gilt metal, filigree, the outer half circle form has suspended white glass pearls and beads in green and turquoise. Inner circle is set with pendants.

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  Earrings (USA), ca. 1850

  Pair of earrings of hairi-work woven into spherical and cylindrical forms, mounted in gold.

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  Earrings (Italy), ca. 1860

  “Florentine Mosaic” parure, set in gilt metal filigree and granule decoration surrounding circles (upper portion of earrings), and half-circles of porcelain or enamel. The parure is composed of: brooch; pendant…

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  Trimming, early 20th century

  Trimming with flowers with six long white petals and pink centers.