Collection Highlights
Artistic Houses: being a series of interior views of a number of the most beautiful and celebrated homes in the United States
Date:
1883 - 1884
Object Number:
PR.087.1.1.35.HURPAR
Medium:
Photogravure
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Purse
Object Number:
INV.1151a-c
Date:
1800-1850
Medium:
Cotton, metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 9 x 2 1/4 x 5/8 in. ( 22.9 x 5.7 x 1.6 cm )
Description:
Green crocheted cotton purse (miser's bag) with a slit in the center cinched with two metal rings, both ends are cinched closed, one end having a heptagonal metal bead attached.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
