Handbag
ca. 1926 (made)
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Clutch handbag of black silk made to imitate astrakhan. It has a clasp with red amber balls suspended from a long chain threaded through the clasp. Top fastening. It is lined with white silk and has a change purse, a pocket and a vanity mirror.
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Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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Materials and techniques | Silk lined with silk, metal, amber |
Brief description | Handbag of silk imitation astrakhan, and vanity mirror, made in Great Britain, ca. 1926 |
Physical description | Clutch handbag of black silk made to imitate astrakhan. It has a clasp with red amber balls suspended from a long chain threaded through the clasp. Top fastening. It is lined with white silk and has a change purse, a pocket and a vanity mirror. |
Gallery label | ADORNMENT
Whether crystal-encrusted or trimmed with exotic feathers, evening bags can finish an outfit like a piece of fine jewellery. Often small and sculptural, these accessories can be treasured objects in their own right, selected for their beauty rather than for functionality. They signify exclusivity and are able to complement a fashionable ensemble.
Renowned jewellers such as Lacloche Frères, Cartier, Van Cleef & Arpels and Tiffany & Co. are among those who have made some of the most covetable and treasured vanity cases for evening wear, as well as handbags featuring precious and semi-precious stones and gold.
V&A, Room 40, Bags: Inside Out. (12/2020) |
Credit line | Given by Major and Mrs Broughton |
Object history | This handbag was owned by Cara Broughton, née Cara Leland Huttleston Rogers (1867-1939), who married Urban Hanlon Broughton (1857-1929) in 1895. As Urban H. Broughton died before he could be elevated to a peerage, their eldest son Urban H.R. Broughton (1896-1966) became 1st Baron Fairhaven of Lode on 20 March 1929, while Cara became 1st Lady Fairhaven. This barony became extinct on Urban H.R.Broughton's death, but a later barony, Baron Fairhaven of Anglesey Abbey, co. Cambridge, was granted to him in 1961, with a remainder to his brother, Henry (1900-1973), to enable this title to continue after his death without male heirs. This forms part of a large donation of late 19th and early 20th century garments and accessories (with a few historical textiles) donated to the Museum in 1972 by Cara's grandson and Henry's son, Major Ailwyn Broughton and his wife, a year before Ailwyn became Lord Fairhaven following his father's death. |
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Accession number | T.238&A-1972 |
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Record created | September 27, 2007 |
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