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Handbag

1930s
Medium/TechniquePlastic, bakelite, gilt metal, silk
DimensionsHeight x width: 16 x 20.5 cm (6 5/16 x 8 1/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of Reva Ostrow
Accession number2013.1563
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsCostumes
Provenance2013, gift of Reva Ostrow, New York, NY to the MFA. (Accession date: September 25, 2013)
Handbag
1930's?
Conservation status: Before treatment; Group shot: 2001.932.1-4
Dorothy Smith Coleman
1933
House of Saint Laurent
1970–1979
Aluminum Company of America (Alcoa)
designed 1932
“Baby Brownie” camera
Walter Dorwin Teague
designed 1934, manufactured 1934-1941
"Miser's" purse
early 19th century