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Handbag

Handbag

  • Place of origin:

    USA, USA (made)

  • Date:

    1939 (made)

  • Artist/Maker:

    Elizabeth Arden (maker)

  • Materials and Techniques:

    Crocodile leather, lined in satin, with gilt clasp

  • Credit Line:

    Given by Lady Howard Robertson

  • Museum number:

    T.279 to B-1975

  • Gallery location:

    In store

  • Image in copyright

The clutch, as the pouchette was now called, was either handle-less or had a residual handle and was typically plain and smoothly contoured. Vanity cases, produced by cosmetic companies such as Elizabeth Arden began to appear for travel and were fully fitted. A new cosmopolitanism associated with air travel and the cruise liner influenced handbag design. This bag by Elizabeth Arden has a mirror and square gilt powder compact and gilt lipstick. The inside of the bag is stamped 'Elizabeth Arden Patent'. It was given by Elizabeth Arden to the donor when visiting the USA in 1939 for the World's Fair.

Physical description

[Handbag] Black crocodile leather handbag with a gilt clasp and single handle. Lined in black satin.
[Vanity mirror] Gilt mirror
[Lipstick holder] Gilt lipstick with slide fastening and pink glass button.

Place of Origin

USA, USA (made)

Date

1939 (made)

Artist/maker

Elizabeth Arden (maker)

Materials and Techniques

Crocodile leather, lined in satin, with gilt clasp

Marks and inscriptions

The inside of the bag is stamped 'Elizabeth Arden Patent'

Descriptive line

Handbag of leather and satin, gilt vanity mirror and gilt lipstick holder, made by Elizabeth Arden, United States, 1939.

Materials

Gilt; Satin; Crocodile

Categories

Accessories; Women's clothes

Collection code

T&D

Qr_O76060
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