Handbag, Beaded, in Frame
Beaded bag

Handbag, Beaded, in Frame


1910s (Date manufactured/created)
A beaded bag sewn to a matt and framed under glass.  Thin wood frame has 2 short turned legs (9.25 X 9.25). Label on back reads "Bead bag knitted by Cynthia Ann Bushnell Munger (1854-1929) Mother of Caroline Munger Barker". Scene, done all in tiny beads, shows 3 houses in a wooded area with a woman in a white apron and a basket on her head standing on the edge of a pond.  Scene is slightly skewed.
2018.017.003