Antique Combs & Purses

Antique Combs & Purses
Epuisé
Code article06560

Antique Combs & Purses
304 pages
b&w and color photos
Hard cover with dust jacket
28 x 22 cm
1,434 kg
English

A comprehensive reference for collectors, costume designers, museums, and antique dealers. Haertig covers the evolution of the purse, the role of manufacturers, construction techniques, popular patters and materials, preservation and restoration hints, personalities involved in purse design and manufacture, museum and collector rarities, the influence of the Venetian bead industry, celebrities and their purses (from Mary Queen of Scots to Donna Summers).