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Object Name: ring purse

Artist/Maker: Gibbon, Jane
Role in production: maker
Place of Creation: Europe, United Kingdom, England
Date: 1875-1891

Accession Number: 1964.196
Credit: Manchester City Galleries

Physical Description

Medium / Material
  • silk
  • metal beads
Support
 
Technique
  • crocheted
Description

Beaded silk purse with silver gilt rings. Blue silk, crocheted to form tube with slit in side, bands of cream and red silk and beading at ends; straight end trimmed with fringe of silver beads, pointed end with tassel; two metal rings to close.

Dimensions

Type: length
Height: 40 cm
Width:
Depth: