Skip to main content
Woman's bag
Woman's bag

Woman's bag

Filenes Department Store, Boston (American, founded 1911)
1950s
Medium/TechniqueSuede leather, acetate satin, gilt metal
DimensionsOverall: 71.1 cm (28 in.)
Credit LineGift of Susan Ward
Accession number2007.309
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsCostumes
ProvenancePurchased at Skinner discovery auction, November 2006; Gift to the MFA, March 21 2007
Group shot: 2007.967.1-2
Filenes Department Store, Boston
about 1938
Woman's evening dress
Henri Bendel Department Store
1949
Evening mantle
Le Bon Marché department store
1900
Woman's motoring coat or overcoat
Printemps Department Store
about 1910–15
Coat
Garfinckel's Department Store
1959 - 1960, restyled 1965
Rug
Ilums Bolighus (Danish department store)
about 1960–65
Woman's ensemble in two parts (dress)
Helmut Lang
Autumn/Winter 2001–2 1–2002
a-b
Roger Vivier
1959–60
Conservation status: Before treatment; Group shot: 2002.417.1-3
Valentina
1930s
Handbag
Koret
1940s