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Evening bag

1850–59
Not on view

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Evening bag
  • Date: 1850–59
  • Culture: probably European
  • Medium: Metal, cotton
  • Credit Line: Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Anonymous gift, 1944
  • Object Number: 2009.300.4409
  • Curatorial Department: The Costume Institute
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Design House Judith Leiber Couture Ltd.
1976
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probably European
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Evening bag, House of Balmain  French, silk, nylon, cotton, metal, French
Design House House of Balmain
Designer Pierre Balmain
Retailer Rosemarie de Paris
1950s
Cord, Metal thread, probably European
probably European
18th–19th century

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