purse; mirror

Object/Artifact

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Sidney Museum and Archives

Name/Title

purse; mirror

Entry/Object ID

1994.041.006 a-b

Description

a) Champagne tricot knit evening purse. Champagne satin lining with small pocket sewn in. The decoration "reads" as hand-sewn silver beads but seems to be a "stencil" of white plastic dots-covered-with-silver "beads" [dots] and similar small flowers which has been heat set onto the fabric. Design of diamond lattice of silver dots covering front and back of purse and small silver flowers set in the centre of each diamond. Silver metal matte finish purse frame. Long, silver metal coarse chain handle. Inside tag: "STYLE BY/ Du-Val/ HAND MADE IN HONG KONG". b) Small, rectangular, two sided mirror.

Acquisition

Source (if not Accessioned)

Horne, Doreen

Notes

Accession Date: 01-Aug-94 Mode of Acquisition: gift

Lexicon

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

purse; mirror

Class

Personal Objects - Personal Gear - Personal Carrying & Storage Gear

Created By

Garnham, Peter

Create Date

June 17, 1997

Updated By

[email protected]

Update Date

January 31, 2024