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Travelling Bag

Unknownca. 1840

Kunstgewerbemuseum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin

Kunstgewerbemuseum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Berlin, Germany

The steady development of the railroad network during the first half of the 19th century demanded more manageable luggage. Spacious bags with a lockable metal handle became fashionable and can be considered a predecessor of contemporary women’s handbags. The horizontally rectangular handled bag combines a basic form with ingenious feminine equipment: the outer material, a dark brown leather with punched trefoil forms and goldprinted gold accents, is underlain with red-green-beige striped ribbed silk. All seams are covered in a red-golden silk cord.

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  • Title: Travelling Bag
  • Creator: Unknown
  • Date: ca. 1840
  • Stylistic point of origin: England
  • 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; 1989 Christie’s, London, Kunstgewerbemuseum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz
  • Physical Dimensions: w35.5 x h39 cm
  • ISIL no.: DE-MUS-018417
  • Type: Bag
  • External Link: http://www.smb.museum/museen-und-einrichtungen/kunstgewerbemuseum/home.html
  • Medium: Brown leather, red, green and beige rep weaweave silk, metal Lining: blue-white striped cotton with chintz finish
Kunstgewerbemuseum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin

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