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Dark gold changeable silk taffeta circular bag with oval celluloid handles. Side openings trimmed with yellow glass bead, self-covered button at each side trimmed with yellow beads and surrounded by six embroidered triangles. Lined with light blue changeable ribbed silk.
bags (generic containers)
beads (pierced objects)
celluloid (cellulosic)
embroidering
silk (textile)
taffeta
Container, Needlework
Bag, Needlework
Bag, Needlework
Original to Codman House (Lincoln, Mass.),
Unknown
Bequest of Dorothy S.F.M. Codman
1969.6281
Title PURSE Accession Number 1969.5150
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