Beaded Purse with Crocheted Top
1849-1899
Scroll
Beaded Purse with Crocheted Top
1849-1899
Physical Qualities
Silk thread, silk lining, glass and metal beads, 8 1/2 x 6 in. (21.6 x 15.2 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Merry Gladding Highby, Baltimore
Object Number
2010.22
Small beaded bag with crocheted top portion of green silk yarns. The wide beaded center section has a clear bead ground dotted with metallic beads (faceted silver colored, possibly engraved gold colored) and a large design of various floral motifs in blues, red, pinks, yellow, green, turquoise, rust, brown, gold and faceted metal beads. The lower section has an elaborate scroll design in multiple colors including turquoise, yellow, gold, red, pink, green, and brown. Lining is off-white silk. Purse closes with green silk cords gathered through openings at top of crocheted section.
Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 2010; Merry Gladding Highby, Baltimore, MD by descent from her mother.
Vanda Foster, Bags and Purses, The Costume Series, Ed. Dr. Aileen Ribeiro New York: Drama Book Publishers,1982
