Purse, Beaded Bag - Anne Brough

 
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Beaded purse belonging to Anne Price Roarke Brough.
Purse, Beaded Bag - Anne Brough
Beaded purse belonging to Anne Price Roarke Brough.
Beaded purse belonging to Anne Price Roarke Brough.

Purse, Beaded Bag - Anne Brough

Object number2004.052.05
Dateca.1915
MediumBeads, Brass, Metal, Fringe
Dimensions10 x 6 1/2 in. (25.4 x 16.5 cm)
Credit LineOld State House Museum collection
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    DescriptionBeaded bag belonging to Anne Wade Roark Brough. This beaded purse features a peacock with green, gold, and red beads set on a black bead background. The peacock rest upon a branch of brown beads with pink and rose colored beads creating flowers contrasted by light and dark green bead leaves. The purse has a round brass clasp featuring a large multi-colored stone in the middle. Smaller similar stones rest on either side of the clasp opening. The clasp joins an ornate metal closure decorated with leaves and inset with blue, red, and green stones. The purse is supported by a round metal chain featuring two large blue stones. Blue and black beads are looped creating a fringe around the bottom of the bag.

    Anne Brough was the twenty-fifth First Lady of Arkansas, 1917-1921. During World War I, Anne served as an active Chairman for the Woman’s Auxiliary of State Council of Defense, the Red Cross's supply- making sessions and Liberty and Victory Loans. Anne also made appearances at Suffragette Rallies in support of the right for woman to vote in the United States.
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