Long purse
Category
Costume
Date
1850 - 1860
Materials
Textile
Measurements
56 mm (H)260 mm (W)
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Snowshill Wade Costume Collection, Gloucestershire
NT 1349534
Summary
Fully beaded long purse, buttonhole stitched on a purse stretcher with a black background with blue flowers with gold centres and four bands of Greek key pattern and a band of stylised leaves around the centre. There are two black beaded loops at one end and a 50 mm opening. (female)
Provenance
Given to National Trust with Snowshill Manor in 1951 by Charles Paget Wade