Bags
Published on 31. August 1999
Book
Hardback
127 pages
978-1-85177-286-5 (ISBN)
Description
Exploring changing styles and usage, this account features a wide range of bags from delicate draw-string and richly worked ecclesiastical purses, to large 18th-century work-bags and tiny reticules worn by slender-waisted Empire beauties.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
V & A Publishing
Dimensions
Height: 222 mm
Width: 197 mm
Thickness: 19 mm
Weight
227 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-85177-286-5 (9781851772865)
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Claire Wilcox is Assistant Curator of the V&A's Department of Textiles and Dress, with responsibility for the 20th-century dress collections.