Long purse
Category
Costume
Date
1850 - 1860
Materials
Textile
Measurements
356 mm (H)
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Snowshill Wade Costume Collection, Gloucestershire
NT 1349559
Summary
Blue crocheted silk long purse decorated with patterns of steel beads in bordered bands with diamond patterned steel slides and trimmed with a fringe of steel beads and a tassel of steel beads with a central opening 102 mm. Cf Nancy Bradfield 'Costume in Detail' Pg.186 (female)
Provenance
Given to National Trust with Snowshill Manor in 1951 by Charles Paget Wade