Bag
1950-1960 (made)
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Evening bag, solid silver, Cartier, France 1950s. Contains compartments for make-up.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Silver |
| Brief description | Evening bag, silver, Cartier, French 1950s, contains make-up |
| Physical description | Evening bag, solid silver, Cartier, France 1950s. Contains compartments for make-up. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | EH (EH: Lady Elizabeth von Hoffmansthal) |
| Gallery label | Vanity cases personalised with initials add a sense of exclusivity and prestige to otherwise anonymous objects. This silver example was made as a special order by Cartier London. It bears the initials EvH to represent Lady Elizabeth Hester Mary Paget who married Austrian author Raimund von Hofmannsthal in 1939.
V&A, Room 40, Bags: Inside Out. (12/2020) |
| Credit line | Given by Octavian von Hofmannsthal |
| Object history | This silver evening bag comes to us from Octavian von Hoffmansthal. It was made in the 1950s for his mother Lady Elizabeth von Hoffmansthal. |
| Bibliographic reference | Bags V&A Exhibition (Project)
Bags: Inside Out (2020) Lucia Savi, V&A Publishing, pg 96
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| Collection | |
| Accession number | T.62:1, 2-2004 |
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| Record created | July 15, 2004 |
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