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Handbag

Handbag

  • Place of origin:

    Great Britain, UK (made)

  • Date:

    1947-1948 (made)

  • Artist/Maker:

    Fassbender (maker)

  • Materials and Techniques:

    lizard skin, metal, silk

  • Credit Line:

    Given anonymously

  • Museum number:

    T.171-1962

  • Gallery location:

    In store

  • Image in copyright

Rationing and material restrictions did not cease in the aftermath of the Second World War. Dating from the first years after the war, this bag, made from top-quality lizard skin and lined in silk, would have been viewed as a luxury. It is characteristic of the smart, neat and stylish, but restrained, designs of the immediate post-war period. Styles for handbags at this time were either large and structured, or like this bag, smaller, and casual, to hang at the wrist.

Physical description

Green lizard-skin handbag with gold-tone clasp and bag frame, lined in silk

Place of Origin

Great Britain, UK (made)

Date

1947-1948 (made)

Artist/maker

Fassbender (maker)

Materials and Techniques

lizard skin, metal, silk

Object history note

This handbag was displayed with a similar Fassbender handbag (T.43&A-1989) in The Cutting Edge exhibition.

Descriptive line

Green lizard-skin handbag, Fassbender, Britain, 1940s

Bibliographic References (Citation, Note/Abstract, NAL no)

de la Haye, Amy, ed. The Cutting Edge: 50 Years of British Fashion 1947-1997. V&A Publications, London, England, 1997, pp. 153 and 155.

Exhibition History

The Cutting Edge: 50 Years of British Fashion 1947-1997 (Victoria and Albert Museum 01/01/1997-31/12/1997)

Labels and date

Made from top-quality skin and lined in silk, these handbags were highly priced. They are characteristic of the smart, neat and stylish, but restrained, designs of the period. [1997]

Materials

Silk (textile); Metal; Lizard leather

Categories

Clothing; Fashion; Accessories

Collection code

T&D

Qr_O84197
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