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Handbag with powder puff and lipstick
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Handbag with powder puff and lipstick
- Place of origin:
Great Britain, UK (made)
- Date:
1956 (made)
- Artist/Maker:
Fiorella (maker)
- Materials and Techniques:
Metal decorated with faux pearls
- Credit Line:
Given by Carol Howard
- Museum number:
T.234:1 to 3-1998
- Gallery location:
In store
The three dominant handbag styles of the 1950s were the classic, structured handbag on a metal frame of lacquered brass or steel, the clutch bag and the open bucket bag, an elegant form of shopper. Handbags were used for their ability to complete an outfit, to provide a dash of colour or an accent to an outfit. Evening clutch bags were made in silver and gold brocades, kid and diamanté, or in solid metal and outfits were composed as much as assembled. This metal and faux pearl minaudière was worn by Mrs Carol Howard at her wedding on Boxing Day, 1956.
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