Handbag

CultureEuropean
Titles
  • Handbag
Datec. 1820
MediumLeather, tortoise shell, cut steel, cardboard, and cotton
DimensionsOverall: 6 × 6 1/2 × 1 1/4in. (15.2 × 16.5 × 3.2cm)
Credit LineGift of Elizabeth Ann Coleman
Object number95.580
Not on view

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ProvenanceElizabeth Ann Coleman; given to MFAH, 1995.

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1962
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1998
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