Bag | Types | Collection of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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Rectangular bag edged at bottom with beaded fringe and closed at top with a silver frame and chain handle. Naturalistic floral spray on each side.

Bag (Austria), 1920s
silk, glass beads, metal.
Gift of Harvey Smith.
1968-135-37

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Horizontal rows of diamonds in colored wools and fiber with a leather thong attached to the top.

Bag (USA), 20th century
fiber, wool, leather.
1967-28-3

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Drawstring bag of white cotton with a band of embroidery across the center with a pattern of stylized plant forms in red and green. Open band of buttonholing on top and bottom edge of the band. Top and bottom of bag trimmed using crochet. Draw cord of red silk with tassels.

Bag, 20th century
cotton, silk.
1965-16-5

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Bag (India)
1964-61-2

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There are 2 images of this object.

Bag of silk, printed on both sides, commemorating the landing of General Lafayette at Castle Gardens N.Y. in 1824.

Bag, 1824
silk.
1963-42-1

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There are 3 images of this object.

Small pouch with a small part of the drawstring remaining. Made of four rectangular pieces with a pointed curve on the bottom edge. Two panels are patterned by a landscape with a castle and two figures and a dog. The other two panels depict a seated woman sewing being shot at by Cupid. Small red hearts fill the background. Patterns have multiple colors on a gold background.

Bag (France), 17th century
gilt wire, silk and silver-wrapped silk.
Bequest of Richard Cranch Greenleaf in memory of his mother, Adeline Emma....
1962-58-27

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Woman's bag of white taffeta, embroidered in colored silks, metal thread and sequins. On one side, children playing game of "la main chaude;" on the other, woman offering grapes to a child. Faces painted. Edged with elaborate trimming of silk flowers.

Bag (France), 1750–1800
silk, metal.
Bequest of Richard Cranch Greenleaf in memory of his mother, Adeline Emma....
1962-55-12

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There are 4 images of this object.

Flat bag woven in red stripes, alternately decorated in geometric pattern, similar to a game board.

Bag (Peru), 1260–1500
wool.
Gift of Anonymous Donor in memory of Alexander M. Bing.
1962-27-3

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Bag (India)
Gift of Alan L. Wolfe.
1962-233-36

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Bag with long fringe and brass handle. Horizontal stripes at intervals in black and red, joined by yellow, red, and black stitching in the middle (front and back).

Bag (Guatemala), 1901–50
cotton and brass.
Gift of Alan L. Wolfe.
1962-233-20

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Bag in blue and white double cloth showing a bird perched on a branch in the center field, surrounded by narrow border on three sides in repeat patterns of smaller birds. Top border shows repeated medium-sized birds. Plaited net border with drawstring on top.

Bag (Guatemala), early 20th century
wool.
Gift of Alan L. Wolfe.
1962-233-18

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There are 4 images of this object.

Small drawstring bag in a flame stitch pattern of red, orange, pink, black and green. Bottom edge of bag has three tassels with blue beads. Drawstring trimmed with multi-colored pompoms.

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There are 3 images of this object.

Large shoulder bag with allover embroidery showing confronted birds in red, green and dark blue set off by stylized geometric floral forms.

Bag (Guatemala), 1950–59
wool.
1962-23-4

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There are 2 images of this object.

Velvet bag ornamented with printed wayang puppets on both front and back of bag, in red, green, purple, and light brown. Pair of handles made of amber. Has inner drawstring pouch made of gold-colored silk with silk strings and mother of pearl drops at ends. Silk lined. Fringed along bottom and sides (up to opening).

Bag (Indonesia), 1920–29
silk, amber.
1962-108-1

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There are 2 images of this object.

Small handbag of fine petit point , squared at top and rounded at base, on a silver gilt frame with imitaition pearls. Symmetrical floral design with butterflies.

Bag (Austria), 19th century
cotton.
Gift of Bertha Hernstadt.
1961-8-7

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There are 2 images of this object.

Small flat bag of handwoven wool in red, orange, black, white, and green showing a geometric pattern on one side and plain red on the reverse. Wool cord handle and long tassels hang from bottom edge.

Bag (Iran), ca. 1910
wool.
1960-187-1

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Small bag knitted in blue silk, interlaced with vertical bands of coral ribbon, also used for draw-string.

Bag (USA), early 19th century
silk.
Gift of the estate of Mrs. Lathrop Colgate Harper.
1957-180-18

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There are 2 images of this object.

Small spade-shaped crocheted purse. Bottom portion contains metal thread with pink and green silks in a floral design. The top is all silk, in reds, pinks and green, in a harlequin pattern. Drawstring of braided green silk.

Bag (France), early 19th century
silk, metal.
Gift of the estate of Mrs. Lathrop Colgate Harper.
1957-180-15

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There are 2 images of this object.

Rectangular bag of white knitted cotton with drawstring top. Design in red beads of a lyre in a dotted field, surrounded on three sides by a border of stylized rosettes.

Bag (France), early 19th century
cotton, glass beads.
Gift of the estate of Mrs Lathrop Colgate Harper.
1957-180-13

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There are 2 images of this object.

Bag of cream cotton velvet printed in imitation of a flower basket. Lined with green taffeta.

Bag (England), 1800–1830
cotton, silk.
Gift of the estate of Mrs. Lathrop Colgate Harper.
1957-180-12

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There are 2 images of this object.

Purse of black silk, crocheted and ornamented with cut steel beads in a design of tress with figures dancing below. A star forms the base, with a simple border and edging at the top; draw string with ball ends.

Bag (USA), early 20th century
silk thread, cut steel beads.
1955-167-1

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There are 2 images of this object.

Small square flat bag with remains of woven shoulder straps. Warp rep stripes of various widths in cream, black and shades of brown alternate with warp-patterned stripes in same colors showing horsemen, animals, floral and geometric forms on dark brown warp rep. Tassels of same wool on lower sides and across bottom. Edging of tubular embroidery on three sides.

Bag (Bolivia), 19th century
wool.
1955-157-5

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There are 2 images of this object.

Bag knitted in stockinette stitch, with a drawstring at the top; now open at bottom. Deep band of decoration in red and blue on a white ground. Three tassels attached to the bottom. Red, white and blue plaited cord at top, ending in two tassels.

Bag, 19th century
wool.
1951-99-3

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There are 2 images of this object.

Knitted bag of rose colored silk with a geometric design; with rose ribbon upper edge and handles.

Bag (Italy), 18th century
silk.
1951-99-2

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There are 2 images of this object.

Tall white cap, or hat, off white cotton. Wider at top, shaped to fit forehead at bottom, and folds flat. Quilted and heavily padded; back, design of white ridges that ray out from bottom to top; front in formal, symmetrical foliage pattern rising from narrow base, and wider at top. Design in various widths of padding, and worked also with knots. Lined with coarse linen.

Bag (France), 19th century
cotton, linen.
1951-46-2

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Bag of white cotton printed with a basket of fruit and flowers on each side, with a strawberry vine border and a narrow egg-and-dart border. Drawstring top with silk cord and tassel.

Bag (France), late 18th century
cotton.
Gift of Frances Morris.
1951-111-7

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Flat square bag with top opening. Black and white strap with plaited ending on either side of opening. Tassels on bottom. All-over design in solid wool of diamonds framing stylized rosettes in green, gray, purple on salmon ground.

Bag (Mexico), 19th century
wool, cotton.
1949-129-1

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There are 4 images of this object.

Small shoulder bag with geometrical designs and horizontal stripes in purple and red. On each bottom corner are tassels with metal tubes.

Bag (Mexico), 20th century
cotton, wool.
1949-124-1

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There are 2 images of this object.

Large brown and tan shoulder bag with a star surrounded by smaller stars. Top of bag is braided.

Bag (Mexico), 19th century
wool.
1949-123-1

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There are 3 images of this object.

Woven bag that depicts rows of animals on one side. The other has a diamond shape with enclosed stars. Shoulder band in plain weave.

Bag (Mexico), probably 19th century
wool.
Gift of Marian Hague.
1949-109-5

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There are 4 images of this object.

Lozenge pattern in blue on tan background. Bag is sewn together with bright red wool; shoulder bnd in plain weave.

Bag (Mexico), probably 19th century
wool.
Gift of Marian Hague.
1949-109-4

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Bag knitted with colored glass beads with a spray of pink roses on a yellow ground. Tan silk at upper edge with silk cord drawstring; bead fringe at bottom in bands of pink, green and red.

Bag (USA), 19th century
silk, glass beads.
Gift of Mary S. M. Gibson.
1945-54-29

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There are 2 images of this object.

Knitted bag with colored glass beads in design of floral band in many colors on a tan ground, with blue at rounded bottom. Silk cord at top, beaded ball at bottom.

Bag (USA), 19th century
glass beads, silk.
Gift of Mary S. M. Gibson.
1945-54-28

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Knitted bag with colored glass beads in design of a band of red roses on a white ground; brown silk moire at the top with a drawstring of silk cord; metal and silk balls at bottom.

Bag (USA), 19th century
glass beads, metal, silk.
Gift of Mary S. M. Gibson.
1945-54-25

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Drawstring bag knitted with colored glass beads with a landscape scene of a river with one man in a rowboat and another fishing from the shore; buildings and a tree on an opposite shore. Blue silk taffeta at the top with a silk drawstring and beaded ball.

Bag (USA), 19th century
silk, glass beads.
Gift of Mary S. M. Gibson.
1945-54-24

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 2 images of this object.