‘CABAT N1’ Handbag
Bag
1997 (made)
1997 (made)
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| Place of origin |
A group of British accessory makers emerged in the 1990s, in the long tradition of the artist-craftsman. This group included Nathalie Hambro who works in metal mesh and felt. Hambro's fashion accessories are hand-crafted and produced in small, numbered limited editions. This bag has a paper certificate which states that it is No.3 of a limited edition.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | ‘CABAT N1’ Handbag |
| Materials and techniques | Stainless-steel mesh handbag with metal and leather, designed by Nathalie Hambro, England, 1997 |
| Brief description | Handbag, steel mesh, leather, designed by Nathalie Hambro, England, 1997 |
| Physical description | Stainless-steel mesh handbag with metal buttons and leather cord. |
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| Gallery label | British artist, designer and writer Nathalie Hambro made this bag in a very limited edition of three. Each bag is numbered and carries a certificate. This is bag number 3. Unlike many other bag designers who sketch and pass on their ideas to a manufacturer to interpret, Hambro personally works on every stage of production by hand.
V&A, Room 40, Bags: Inside Out. (12/2020) |
| Credit line | Given by the designer |
| Summary | A group of British accessory makers emerged in the 1990s, in the long tradition of the artist-craftsman. This group included Nathalie Hambro who works in metal mesh and felt. Hambro's fashion accessories are hand-crafted and produced in small, numbered limited editions. This bag has a paper certificate which states that it is No.3 of a limited edition. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | T.672-1997 |
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| Record created | May 15, 2003 |
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