Purse 1800-1820 Mexican The construction of this bag combines beadwork and needlework. The needlepoint lamb motif recurs frequently in beaded bags. The lining, an 18th-century dress silk, possibly French, is an example of the reuse of precious dress silks from earlier periods. The crown motif may have some ceremonial significance, possibly related to marriage. The purse is part of the Mexican beadwork collection of over 600 pieces assembled by Elizabeth Morrow (1873-1955), mother of writer Anne Morrow Lindbergh, the wife of renowned aviator Charles Lindbergh. Morrow collected the objects between 1927 and 1930, when her husband, Dwight Morrow, Sr., served as U.S. ambassador to Mexico. She lent the collection to the Brooklyn Museum in 1938 and upon her death, her children donated it. A collection of 155 pieces of Mexican ceramics and other decorative arts were given to Amherst College, her husband's alma mater. Mrs. Morrow collected Mexican beadwork, along with other examples of colonial

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Purse 1800-1820 Mexican The construction of this bag combines beadwork and needlework. The needlepoint lamb motif recurs frequently in beaded bags. The lining, an 18th-century dress silk, possibly French, is an example of the reuse of precious dress silks from earlier periods. The crown motif may have some ceremonial significance, possibly related to marriage. The purse is part of the Mexican beadwork collection of over 600 pieces assembled by Elizabeth Morrow (1873-1955), mother of writer Anne Morrow Lindbergh, the wife of renowned aviator Charles Lindbergh. Morrow collected the objects between 1927 and 1930, when her husband, Dwight Morrow, Sr., served as U.S. ambassador to Mexico. She lent the collection to the Brooklyn Museum in 1938 and upon her death, her children donated it. A collection of 155 pieces of Mexican ceramics and other decorative arts were given to Amherst College, her husband's alma mater. Mrs. Morrow collected Mexican beadwork, along with other examples of colonial

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