Collection Highlights
Dressing table
1795-1810
INV.14982
Mahogany, mahogany and other inlays, white pine, yellow poplar
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Bag: needlepoint, leaf motif with key
Title
Bag: needlepoint, leaf motif with key
Object name
Purse
Date
1830-1900
Medium
Wool, leather, linen, metal
Dimensions
Overall: 12 3/4 x 114 5/8 x 2 3/4 in. ( 32.4 x 291.1 x 7 cm )
Description
Needlepoint purse (carpetbag) with two leather handles at the top, a skeleton key attached with a string to one of the handles, an interior frame, a locking metal clasp, leather box bottom and sides, linen lining; overall pattern of oak leaves of various colors set in diamonds of various colors, and bordered with straight sides with crosses at the corner intersections, leather piping surrounds the leatherwork on the bottom.
Credit Line
Gift of Dorothy L. M. Mason
Object Number
1939.204
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
