Small Beaded Purse with Figural Design
1849
Physical Qualities
Silk, beads, leather, 5 x 3 1/16 in. (12.7 x 7.8 cm.)
Credit Line
Anonymous Gift in Memory of Louise and Ena Ripley
Object Number
2015.371
A small beaded drawstring purse with a figural design (a man, possibly in uniform, holding a bird, with a dog sitting at one side) on one face. Reverse shows a rose design. Multiple colors and several different sizes of beads are used. Blue silk faille backing. Blue tinted leather drawstring.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 2015; Rena M. Hoisington; Thomas H. Hoisington; Louise and Ena Ripley; Ripley Family, West Bridgewater, MA
