Metallic silver handbag with mirror

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 silver metallic handbag (a) with a matching mirror (b). The body of the purse is made from one panel of metallic silver leather that is gathered into a metal frame. There’s a central metal clasp at the top of the frame and attached to the frame with metal hardware are two curved handles covered in a thin layer of silver metallic vinyl. The vinyl has been adhered into place. Cardboard is layered under the metallic leather body of the bag, and the inside of the bag is lined with two panels of black synthetic satin. At the interior back is a 6” wide open pocket made from one panel of black synthetic fabric. [H / L / USA] is printed under the interior pocket in gold text. The matching mirror (b) has a rounded rectangular shape and has a coat of gray paint on the back.

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