Tam O' Shanter Coin Purse of tan crocheted cotton entirely woven with French steel cut beads
- Title
- Tam O' Shanter Coin Purse of tan crocheted cotton entirely woven with French steel cut beads
- LC Subject
- handbags
- Donor
- Chambers, Eve
- Description
- Tam O' Shanter Coin Purse of tan crocheted cotton entirely woven with French steel cut beads; round metal frame with lid that has three knights' portraits in profile in relief; lid has a latch.
- Motif
- Knights' portrait in profile
- Work Type
- purses (ladies' accessories)
- Location
- United States
- Date
- 1900/1909
- Identifier
- 2017.002.002
- Rights
- In Copyright
- License
- Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International
- Type
- Image
- Format
- image/tiff
- Material
- Cotton Steel Beads Metal
- Technique
- Crochet with beads added Repousse Embossed
- Set
- Historic and Cultural Textile and Apparel Collection
- Primary Set
- Historic and Cultural Textile and Apparel Collection
- Institution
- Oregon State University
- Note
- Tam O' Shanter purse gets its name from the Scottish hat that has a similar look. These coin purses were popular between 1890 through 1910s.
