Purse of crocheted bright violet silk trimmed with fringe of looped black beads
- Title
- Purse of crocheted bright violet silk trimmed with fringe of looped black beads
- LC Subject
- handbags
- Donor
- Crichton, C. D., Mrs.
- Description
- Purse of crocheted bright violet silk trimmed with fringe of looped black beads; two pouches at each end with long yarns in the middle; one yarn of bright red; when bags are opened the strings shorten; two metal rings at center; Miser's purse.
- Motif
- Fringe
- Work Type
- purses (ladies' accessories)
- Location
- United States
- Date
- 1890/1899
- Identifier
- 1900.005.012
- Rights
- In Copyright
- License
- Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International
- Type
- Image
- Format
- image/tiff
- Material
- Silk Beads
- Technique
- Miser's purse Crochet Drawstring
- Set
- Historic and Cultural Textile and Apparel Collection
- Primary Set
- Historic and Cultural Textile and Apparel Collection
- Institution
- Oregon State University
- Note
- Miser's Bag was a knit bag with a long neck in the middle for accessing the coins/money in the pouches. Often one side of the pouch was round and the other side was square and/or the sides had different embellishments. This help the carrier to separate the more valuable coins. To access the coins the person would slide the rings to the side and gently open the bags, then put two fingers in the bags and pinch the coins to remove them. Because it was difficult to get the money out, these purses were nicknamed Miser's purse. The bags were often carried by wrapping them around a belt or waistband. The bright red string may act as the drawstring for this bag.
