Object Details
- Todd, Clara Augusta Harvey
- Description
- A knitted beadwork purse, with a stylized flower repeat design, front and back. There are small flower bands at the bottom. It has a beaded twisted looped fringe at the bottom. Frame and fastener of German silver, with gold finish chain attached. Lined with blue silk, with a pocket. Beaded bags and knitted bags were fashionable in the 1800s. It was made by Clara Augusta Harvey Todd who was born to Charles and Augusta Farnsworth Harvey on June 27, 1869 in Methuen, MA. She married Burton D Todd and had a daughter Arvilla.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Mrs. Arvilla D. Merrill
- ID Number
- TE.T15177
- catalog number
- T15177.000
- accession number
- 290955
- Object Name
- beadwork
- Object Type
- beadwork
- Measurements
- overall: 6 1/2 in x 5 1/2 in; 16.51 cm x 13.97 cm
- made at
- United States
- See more items in
- Home and Community Life: Textiles
- Victorian Needlework
- Textiles
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_635532
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a4-53fb-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
