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Evening purse

about 1920
Object PlaceU.S.A. ?
Medium/TechniqueGold mesh, sapphires, pearls, with gilt-metal chain
DimensionsL: 20.32 cm (8 in.)
Credit LineGift in memory of Shirley Braude
Accession number1999.489
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsCostumes
ProvenanceInherited from her mother, Shirley Braude, who purchased these items from the 1970s to 1998
possibly 19th–early 20th century
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