Handbag

CultureUnknown
Titles
  • Handbag
Date1930s
MediumMetallic embroidery thread, metal, silk, and cabochon
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Costume Institute Founders' Fund
Object number86.954.A,.B
Non exposé

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Provenance[Mrs. Sukie Tomass, England]; purchased by MFAH, 1986.

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Caroline Reboux
c. 1925
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Handbag
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1920–1929
Nickel plated alloy, brass, mirror, and cabochon sapphire
95.527
Handbag
1920–1929
Glass beads, metal, rubies, emeralds, opals, silk, and wool embroidery thread
86.570
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c. 1929
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97.411.A-.D
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Gianni Versace
1990–1999
Woven taffeta, glassbeads, and metallic thread embroidery
96.982
Cope
no date
Metallic embroidery thread on silk
96.1362
Handbag
Whiting & Davis Co.
c. 1930
Silver alloy and faux sapphires
95.554
Jacket
Karl Lagerfeld
1984–1985
Polyester, rayon lining, bugle beads, sequins, seed beads, paste gems, metallic embroidery thread, and metallic coil
2000.500
Handbag
1890–1910
Silk satin, embroidery thread, metal, cotton, gold rope, faille silk, metal beads, glass beads, paste gems, and sequins
86.571
Pocketbook
1775–1800
Silk, embroidery thread, sequins, and metallic thread
95.486
Sari (no. ZR8A/A/KA)
Zandra Rhodes
c. 1989
Silk, metallic thread, bugle beads, and glass seed beads
98.500
Jacket
Franco Moschino
1995–1996
Wool, cotton embroidery, plastic, metallic thread, metal, and polyester felt
98.639