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1920s French beaded purse with fringe
A beaded purse made in France with tiny glass beads in floral and geometric patterns. Each bead is less than 1 mm wide, all stitched by hand. Bead colors include: silver, light green, gold, black, grey and fuchsia. Purse has beige color silk inner lining. 2 blue cabochon pastes are decorated to the clasp. Fringe looping on the bottom of silver, black and fuchsia. There’s a not very visible repair to secure the structure of clasp frame.
Quoted from La Crosse County Historical Society, “Beaded purses were popular during the Roaring Twenties. During this time period, styles varied greatly. Some were newer designs including Art Deco, floral, geometric, or abstract while others used older reticule or Art Nouveau patterns. The beaded bags had a greater variety of colors and shapes. Many also had the signature beaded fringe that the Twenties is so well known for.”
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