Box purse

1890-1910

Medium/TechniqueWool plain weave, cotton plain weave, glass beads, metallic sequins, cardboard and paper

DimensionsHeight x width (not including the fringe): 12.7 × 17.8 × 14 cm (5 × 7 × 5 1/2 in.)

Credit LineJohn H. and Ernestine A. Payne Fund, Mary S. and Edward J. Holmes Fund, Frank B. Bemis Fund, Arthur Tracy Cabot Fund, Helen and Alice Colburn Fund, Edwin E. Jack Fund, Frederick Brown Fund, Elizabeth M. and John F. Paramino Fund in memory of John F. Paramino, Boston Sculptor, Harriet Otis Cruft Fund, Seth K. Sweetser Fund, Helen B. Sweeney Fund, Susan Cornelia Warren Fund, Samuel Putnam Avery Fund, Alice M. Bartlett Fund, Jane Marsland and Judith A. Marsland Fund, and Mary E. Moore Gift

Accession number2018.3015

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InscriptionsIn applied purple, green, and clear beads across the top: BOXProvenance2005, sold by Bruce Beebe, Akron, OH to Gerry Biron and JoAnne Russo, Rockingham, VT; 2018, sold by Gerry Biron and JoAnne Russo to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 12, 2018)