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Woman's purse
Designed by: Whiting & Davis Co. (American, founded 1896)
American
1920s
Object Place: Plainsville, Massachusetts
Medium/Technique
Metal
Dimensions
Overall: 38.1 × 14 × 1.3 cm (15 × 5 1/2 × 1/2 in.) Bag is 9 inches in height without chain.
Credit Line
Gift of Jacqueline Loewe Fowler
Accession Number2010.1376
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionGold mesh handbag with black, orange, green, and blue abstract pattering. Short metal chain handle and three sided metal frame around top with clasp at center. Marked on inside of frame "Mesh/Whiting & Davis 00/Bags/Reg./US."
ProvenanceBy 2010, purchased by Jacqueline Fowler, Stanford, CT; 2010, year-end gift of Fowler to the MFA. (Accession date: January 26, 2011)