Brown box purse with gold frame

Source catalog description

This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

A brown box purse with a gold frame. The construction of the purse consists of brown plastic vinyl covering a hard case. The bag has rounded edges, bound with brown vinyl piping, and closes with a gold-plated metal frame that opens all the way along the center and hinges at the center bottom. At the bottom of the purse are four metal rounded feet and attached to the top tare two curved handles. The top of the handles are covered in brown vinyl and the lower metal portion connects to the bag with metal hardware. Four panels of brown synthetic faille line the inside of the purse and the bottom panel is adhered to a hardened panel of paper. There are two self-fabric 6” wide accordion panels on the inside of the purse – one on each side. [BOBBIE / JEROME] is stamped on the back interior back panel in gold ink.

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