English beaded purse with tassels

An image of Textiles. Purse. Unknown maker. Beads (opaque black, yellow, green and brick red; clear blue and gold) threaded on natural silk threads. Lined in leather, bound at top with pale blue satin. Around the top RE / MEMBER / THE / POOR / 1631. Cords for hanging and draw strings, pear-shaped beaded drops, each with two small tassels, three pairs of tassels on bottom edge. Height, whole, 5 in, width, whole, 5 in, 1631. English.

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Textiles. Purse. Unknown maker. Beads (opaque black, yellow, green and brick red; clear blue and gold) threaded on natural silk threads. Lined in leather, bound at top with pale blue satin. Around the top RE / MEMBER / THE / POOR / 1631. Cords for hanging and draw strings, pear-shaped beaded drops, each with two small tassels, three pairs of tassels on bottom edge. Height, whole, 5 in, width, whole, 5 in, 1631. English.

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Accession Number: T.1-1836
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/22.0
Focal length: 80
Camera: Hasselblad H4D-31
Photographer name: Katie Young
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Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.7.1 (Macintosh)
Filesize: 167.45kB
Exposure time: 1/90
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 22/1

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