Image

Duvelleroy, designer

Miser's Purse, ca. 1900

Description

Maker

Duvelleroy, established 1827, French, designer

Title

Miser's Purse

Year

ca. 1900

Medium

Silk velvet embroidered with cut steel beads

Materials/Techniques

Materials

silk,
beads,
cut steel

Techniques

beadworking,
beaded,
beading,
embroidery,
embroidering,
embroidered,
cut warp pile

Dimensions

30.5 x 12.7 cm (12 x 5 inches)

Place

Paris

Type

Fashion,
Costume Accessories

Credit

Gift of the Estate of Eleanor Fayerweather

Object Number

1993.085.075

Use

The images on this website can enable discovery and collaboration and support new scholarship, and we encourage their use. This object is in the public domain (CC0 1.0). This object is Miser's Purse with the accession number of 1993.085.075. To request high-resolution files or new photography, please send an email to imagerequest@risd.edu and include your name and the object's accession number.

Feedback

We view our online collection as a living documents, and our records are frequently revised and enhanced. If you have additional information or have spotted an error, please send feedback to curatorial@risd.edu.