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Purse

Object Name:
Purse
Object ID:
1963.039.102
Date:
1840
Description:
Beaded purse. Leather. Polychrome beads. Small multi-colored beaded design on cardboard(?). Lining green glazed cotton. Flap. Banded all around with blue cotton tape. Double handle of very small burgundy beads
Material:
Textile
Tissue
Glass
Cotton
Leather
Provenance:
Collected by the donor's sister, Marion L. Cass (1894-1963). Miss Cass developed the collection around a core of the personal possessions of her mother, Lillie M. (Wilson) Cass (1867-1951) and added objects passed down in neighboring Haverhill, NH, families. Later, while living and working in Littleton, NH, she devoted her spare time to expanding her collection, eventually representing over a century of changes in clothing and accessory styles.
Credit Line:
Gift of Merwin P. Cass
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