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Beaded Handbag Rendered by Ray Price (artist), c. 1938 watercolor and pen and ink on paper overall: 42.5 x 33.8 cm (16 3/4 x 13 5/16 in.) Index of American Design 1943.8.2151 |
Object 13 of 26
This handbag was made about 1850 in New Orleans. It is crocheted in black cotton, beaded, and has cut steel and jet ball trimmings. The design and decorative detail reflect a general taste in costume and the decorative arts at this time, which was more exuberant and less constrained than taste of the previous decade.
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