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English beaded purse with tassels

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An image of Textiles. Purse. Unknown maker. Beads (opaque black, yellow, green and brick red; clear blue and gold) threaded on natural silk threads. Lined in leather, bound at top with pale blue satin. Around the top RE / MEMBER / THE / POOR / 1631. Cords for hanging and draw strings, pear-shaped beaded drops, each with two small tassels, three pairs of tassels on bottom edge. Height, whole, 5 in, width, whole, 5 in, 1631. English.

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Textiles. Purse. Unknown maker. Beads (opaque black, yellow, green and brick red; clear blue and gold) threaded on natural silk threads. Lined in leather, bound at top with pale blue satin. Around the top RE / MEMBER / THE / POOR / 1631. Cords for hanging and draw strings, pear-shaped beaded drops, each with two small tassels, three pairs of tassels on bottom edge. Height, whole, 5 in, width, whole, 5 in, 1631. English.

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  • Accession Number: T.1-1836
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
  • Aperture: f/22.0
  • Focal length: 80
  • Camera: Hasselblad H4D-31
  • Photographer name: Katie Young
  • Image height: 621 pixels
  • Image width: 1024 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.7.1 (Macintosh)
  • Filesize: 167.45kB
  • Exposure time: 1/90
  • ISO Speed: 100
  • Fnumber: 22/1

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beaded beading beads Fitz_AA purse textile

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