Purse

Design House Gucci Italian

1949

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Title: Purse
Design House: Gucci (Italian, founded 1921)
Date: 1949
Culture: Italian
Medium: leather, metal
Credit Line: Gift of Muriel Kallis Newman, 2003
Object Number: 2003.79.14
Curatorial Department: The Costume Institute

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