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Musette
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Musette
- Object:
Bag
- Place of origin:
England, Great Britain (made)
- Date:
1976 (made)
- Artist/Maker:
Mulberry (maker)
- Materials and Techniques:
Quilted cotton gabardine and pigskin, and string net with metal coils and leather
- Credit Line:
Given by Mulberry
- Museum number:
T.32:5-1997
- Gallery location:
In Storage
By the mid 1970s, large unstructured shoulder bags in textured leathers and buttery suedes replaced the previously popular ethnic look. With bags carried slung across the shoulders, numerous pockets and zips in evidence, most women seemed equipped for anything in the new age of feminism.
Handbags for British traditional country pursuits had long been made by companies such as Burberry and Simpson, and a newcomer in the 1970s, Mulberry, introduced hunting and fishing bags of embossed leather. This bag is part of a unisex ensemble in natural materials and colours, accessorised with multiple bags and belts slung around the body. A billiard-pocket maker supplied the string component of this quilted cotton and pigskin bag.
