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Handbag

ca. 1885 (made)

leather chrome, 1885c, English; Black leather, portmanteau shape


Object details

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Brief description
leather chrome, 1885c, English; Black leather, portmanteau shape
Object history
This bag is one of six late 19th c. bags given to the museum in 1956 by Arthur Weingott, a former employee of Selfridges said to have spent "the past fifty years in the handbag trade".
Bibliographic reference
Nominal File MA/1/W1105
Collection
Accession number
T.60-1956

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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