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Woman's Handbagcirca1810

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Small rectangular carrying case with a barrel-top lid, crimson red leather frame with gold-tooled borders, tortoiseshell front panel with diamond metal inlay, and a lyre-shaped metal clasp
Title
Woman's Handbag
Place Made
France
Date Made
circa1810
Medium
Leather, tortoise shell, silver, silk
Dimensions
5 5/16 × 6 15/16 × 1 in. (13.49 × 17.62 × 2.54 cm)
Credit Line
Costume Council Fund
Accession Number
M.80.186
Classification
Costumes
Collecting Area
Costume and Textiles
Selected Bibliography
  • Maeder, Edward et al.. An Elegant Art: Fashion & Fantasy in the Eighteenth Century. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1983.