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Lite-On Bag
English
about 1953
Object Place: England
Medium/Technique
Leather; metal, lightbulb and plastic
Dimensions
Length x width: 55.9 x 55.9 cm (22 x 22 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf
Accession Number2010.1380
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionBlack square handbag with gold metal frame and short black leather strap. Small plastic window in upper right corner. Interior metal cosmetic case with mirror and small round light bulb. Two marks on cosmetic case: "Straeter/"Lite-on"/guaranteed/24 carat/gold finish" and Straeter/S [with shield around it]/"Lite-on"/Registered under NR 226342/US Patent Office Washington USA/World's Patent Rights/Reserved under NR 153599." Three interior pockets, one with a metal zipper. Two labels in handbag interior: "Delman/by/Bagcraft/of London/England," and "Made in England."
ProvenanceBy 2010, with Leslie Verrinder, Tin Tin Collectables, London; 2010, sold by Verrinder to Frederic Sharf, Chestnut Hill, MA; 2010, year-end gift of Sharf to the MFA. (Accession date: January 26, 2011)