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Beaded Purse

Datec. 1920-1928
DimensionsOverall (with chain extended): 17 1/8 × 9 × 1/4 in. (43.5 × 22.9 × 0.6 cm)
MediumRectangular evening purse knitted of silk yarn with imported glass seed beads; silvered alpaca (German silver) handle; pale purple silk lining.
ClassificationTextiles and Fiber
Credit LineGift of Judith Jerozal Erickson in memory of her parents and grandparents
Object number
2016.69
Not on View
DescriptionColored beadwork
Published ReferencesKunstwerkstätten Karl Seyfang (KaSeGö), Sales Catalog, Göppingen, Germany, about 1920, no. 333 (City Archives, Göppingen).

Comparative ReferencesSee also Schürenberg, Sabina B., Glasperlarbeiten. Taschen und Beutel. Von der Vorlage zum Produkt, Munich, Hirmer Verlag, 1998.
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