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Title |
Multicolored Beaded Reticule, 1920s. |
Object Name |
Reticule |
Description |
Multicolored Beaded Reticule, 1920s. Small rectangular bag with steel-cut micro beads in tones of fuchsia, turquoise, blue, black, green, tan, silver and brass. Floral motif, on center of both obverse and reverse, consists of a red eight petal flower inside a tan diamond. Two 7 inch long loop handles of narrow off-white ribbon beaded with brass toned beads. Fringe on bottom consisting of eight 1.25 inch long beaded loops in red and brass tones. Lined in pale teal silk. |
Date |
c. 1920s |
Creator |
Unknown |
Role |
Fiber Artist |
Catalog Number |
2019.120.016 |
Dimensions |
H-13 W-2.75 D-0.25 inches |
Collection |
3D - Personal Gear |
Inscription Text |
n/a |
Provenance |
Costume material worn by Grace Blick Green who moved from San Francisco to Hillborough in 1916 and attended San Mateo High School. |
Notes |
"Even if not scandalous, the idea of women carrying their private belongings externally, in their hand, was considered ridiculous. The Almanac des Ridicules, 1801, begins with a little rhyme about reticules and their riduculousness to the effect that a woman looses her reticule, and wants to post a sign "don’t do a thing, says her husband, you will always have enough ridiculousness." Reticules were already widely known as ridicules by this time." [http://thedreamstress.com/2013/11/terminology-what-is-a-reticule-or-indispensable/] "Many beaded bags can be very hard to date because older beads were often used to create purses during the early 1900's. Early 1900's bags were also patterned after the older 1800's designs and styles." [http://www.antiquepeek.com/facts_beaded_purses.htm] |
Search Terms |
Beaded Beads Green, Grace Blick Hillsborough Purses |
Subjects |
Beads Purses Reticule San Francisco (Early) San Mateo |
People |
Green, Grace Blick |
Credit line |
Courtesy of Diane Green Tokheim |