$215
Ten Assorted Evening Purses, Bags, and Pouches, America and Europe, 19th/20th century, a green silk miser's bag with steel beads, a red, black, and white crocheted coin purse, a knit black silk evening purse with clear glass beads on silver framework, a pearl-beaded evening purse on silver hardware, a chain metal evening bag on incised metal framework, a silver, gold, and blue metallic beaded evening purse, a red, blue, and white crocheted silk drawstring bag, a black crocheted silk purse with steel beaded floral decoration on silver hardware with hinged bird and leaf decoration, a multicolored embroidered wool and silk armorial purse on silver hardware, and an embroidered gold silk purse with rhinestone and blue and glass beaded decoration. Provenance: Formerly property of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2013-09-11
