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Elegant Embroidered Envelope Clutch
Unknown1925 - 1930
Kunstgewerbemuseum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Berlin, Germany
The exterior of this envelope bag is stiffened with cardstock and the entire surface is decorated in luxuriant metal embroidery. The variant gold and silver tones result in a fantastic graphic pattern. The interior is lined with salmon coloured rayon. An interior push-button closes the bag.
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Details
- Title: Elegant Embroidered Envelope Clutch
- Creator: Unknown
- Date: 1925 - 1930
- Stylistic point of origin: France
- Rights: Photo © bpk - Photo Agency / Kunstgewerbemuseum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz / Stephan Klonk │ Text © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz / Christine Waidenschlager
- Provenance: 2003 Kamer/Ruf collection; 1985 Flea market, Paris, Kunstgewerbemuseum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz
- Physical Dimensions: w20.5 x h12.5 cm
- ISIL no.: DE-MUS-018417
- Type: Bag
- External Link: http://www.smb.museum/museen-und-einrichtungen/kunstgewerbemuseum/home.html
- Medium: Gold and silver thread, rayon, metal, cardstock reinforcement
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