Carpetbag

Name/Title

Carpetbag

Entry/Object ID

1984.6.1

Description

Cylindrical carpetbag made from flat-woven striped wool carpeting. There is a leather band and 2 short handles at the top. The wool is striped in shades of green, black, red, yellow, and brown. The oval base is leather and stamped with a 5-pointed star with a circle, and inked with the name, "Jos. Reed / Montpelier Vt."

Context

Owned by Joseph Reed of Montpelier, Vermont.

Acquisition

Accession

1984.6

Source or Donor

Hemenway, Clara May

Acquisition Method

Gift

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Carpetbag

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Bag, Carrying

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Personal Carrying & Storage Gear

Nomenclature Class

Personal Gear

Nomenclature Category

Category 03: Personal Objects

Material

Wool, Leather

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Reed, Joseph

Related Places

Place

City

Montpelier

County

Washington County

State/Province

Vermont

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America