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Purse

Object Name:
Purse
Object ID:
1968.043.03
Date:
circa 1852
Description:
Reticule, uncompleted white cotton with whitework embroidery. Leaf design in center, buttonhole and eyelet embroidery and openwork, in a broken circle of trailing leaf. Three different designs at bottom. On one side only.
Material:
Textile
Cotton
Provenance:
Belonged to donor's mother, who was born in Concord, NH, 1852.
Credit Line:
Gift of Hazel S. Bucknam
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