Silver Beaded Metal Chatelaine Purse
Object Details
- Date
- Between 1920 -1930
- Medium
- German silver, metal beads, suede
- Dimensions
- 12 15/16 × 7 5/16 × 1/2 in. (32.8 × 18.5 × 1.3 cm)
- Caption
- Metal beads form a silver spiral on the front of this round chatelaine purse. Loops of silver beads dangle below the evening bag. Roses line the purse’s curved metal frame, which fastens in a kiss clasp with metal spheres. The purse hangs by a chain from a chatelaine, or metal clip that can be hooked to a belt, thereby freeing the wearer from carrying the bag. The chatelaine is made of German silver and embellished with a floral motif. The purse’s interior is suede.
- The evening bag belonged to renowned scholar-librarian Dorothy Porter Wesley (1905-1995), who organized and developed an unparalleled collection rooted in African American history that would become the Moorland-Spingarn Research Center at Howard University in Washington, DC.
- Accession Number
- 1997.0020.0070
- Type
- purse
- See more items in
- Anacostia Community Museum Collection
- Data Source
- Anacostia Community Museum
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Record ID
- acm_1997.0020.0070
