Search Demo: Museum Collection

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  Necklace, ca. 1870

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  Necklace

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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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  Necklace with amulet Necklace, 19th century

  Amulet: metal, probably silver alloy. Box 5.5 cm (2 1/8 in.) square, with cover having filigree and turquoise ornamentation including four triangular pieces at base, applied at each side of…

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  Necklace (India), probably 19th century

  Necklace: Thin metal (copper or gilt alloy) with tooled ornaments, each bead filled with composition. Cloth disks separate the beads from each other. Most beads are roughly flattened spherical. Two…

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  Necklace (Egypt)

  Faience, single strand of disks, multi-colored and sized

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  Embroidery Sample, 1875–1900

  Fragment of black, weft-ribbed silk cut at the bottom into three wide shallow scallops, in turn scalloped, with applied section of bottle green velvet; double row of couched gold cord…