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Woman's belt
Designed by: Judith Leiber (American (born in Hungary), 1921–2018)
Designed for: Bonwit Teller and Co. (American, 1898–1990)
Designed for: Bonwit Teller and Co. (American, 1898–1990)
American (New York, NY)
1980s
Object Place: New York, New York, United States
Medium/Technique
Leather with gilt-metal clasp
Dimensions
6.03 x 88.9 cm (2 3/8 x 35 in.)
Credit Line
Gift in memory of Shirley Braude
Accession Number1999.490
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsContemporary Art, Americas, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionBlack leather adjustable wide belt. Spring clasp in the form of a gilt-matal heron head with green glass eyes.
Stamped on leather: "Judith Lieber for Bonwit Teller"
Condition: good, some scuff marks on leather, gold-plate worn off along top edge of beak and back edge
Stamped on leather: "Judith Lieber for Bonwit Teller"
Condition: good, some scuff marks on leather, gold-plate worn off along top edge of beak and back edge
ProvenanceInherited from her mother, Shirley Braude, who purchased these items from the 1970s to 1998