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Vintage handbags : collecting and wearing twentieth-century designer handbags

Fogg, Marnie2009
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Decade by decade, this text recounts over 100 years of handbag history, from Elsa Schiaparelli's mesh bags for Whiting & Davis in the 1920s through the Hermès Kelly bag in the 1950s to the Fendi Baguette of the 1990s. It explores key designers, technical developments and cultural influences that shaped handbag design.
Author:
Imprint:
London : Carlton, c2009.
Collation:
223 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), ports. ; 29 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781847323002 (hbk)
Dewey class:
391.44391.44391.4391.4'4391.44 FOG
Local class:
746.9244
Language:
English
BRN:
899615
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