Handbag
1934-1940 (made)
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Black velvet evening bag embroidered with a colourful garden path scene, and with a gold metal clasp and chain handle. Lined with silk.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Embroidered velvet lined with silk, and metal |
| Brief description | Embroidered velvet evening handbag lined with silk, made by J.A.C., England, 1934-1940 |
| Physical description | Black velvet evening bag embroidered with a colourful garden path scene, and with a gold metal clasp and chain handle. Lined with silk. |
| Gallery label | During the 1920s and ’30s, decorative and distinctive clasps and frames added weight and sparkle to monochrome textile and leather evening bags. The application of semi-precious stones, coloured metals and innovative hinges required the skills of specialist craftspeople. The handbag shown open could be accessed through an ingenuous brass-hinge which unfolds into a square.
V&A, Room 40, Bags: Inside Out. (12/2020) |
| Credit line | Bequeathed by Mrs F.C.C. Treen |
| Object history | With mirror T.129A-1981. |
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| Accession number | T.129-1981 |
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| Record created | July 29, 2008 |
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