Handbag

Clothing/Dress/Costume

Historic Germantown

Name/Title

Handbag

Entry/Object ID

1993.11.21

Description

Woman's evening bag. Off-white silk. Metal top frame. Snap-over metal fastener, link chain handle. Off-white silk lining. Exterior trimmed with lined of white beads, pearl beads, silver colored baguettes. Metal and rhinestone-type paste trim at top of frame.

Made/Created

Date made

circa 1937 - circa 1939

Provenance

Notes

Given to Rachael H. Wilson by Barbara Baker (a Germantown Friends School classmate) who lives at 11 W. Walnut Lane. Purchased from Allen's (Germantown retail store).