The beautiful diversity of high quality vintage purses is presented here through a friendly and informative text and hundreds of clear color photographs. Chosen from among the leading private, dealer and museum collections, these primarily nineteenth and twentieth century purses are among the finest glass and metal beaded, metal mesh, tapestry, embroidered, plastic, and home-crafted examples known. Also, purse frames, specialty vanity, dance, childrens' and curious styles are featured. Catalogs, advertising, trade cards and original drawings along with histories of the leading manufacturers such as Bliss, Napier, Whiting & Davis and Mandalian are included to anchor the purses in their period histories. The enormous amount of hand work accomplished at these companies and the excellent materials used in their construction are seen as reasons for the purses' continuing beauty decades later. This book will delight all fashion enthusiasts as it reflects all the art styles of the decades through purses. And the updated values reflect the collectors' market today.
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Lynell K. Schwartz is a leading dealer in fashion accessories at the Curiosity Shop in Cheshire, Connecticut.
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36 of 37 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A book full of gorgeous pictures.,
By Teeeeeemac@aol.com (Houston, TX) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Vintage Purses: At Their Best (Schiffer Book for Collectors) (Hardcover)
I highly recommend this book for anyone interested in vintage purses. In addition to page after page of excellent photographs, there is a great deal of historical information about the factories that made them.
21 of 24 people found the following review helpful:
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Proof-read next time, please,
By Margaret (New Zealand) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Vintage Purses: At Their Best (Schiffer Book for Collectors) (Hardcover)
True, the photographs in this book are great, and the collections of beaded, mesh, etc, purses that are shown are exquisite examples, however the text reads like a first draft. Grammatical ambiguities and lack of correct punctuation frequently render the author's sentences unintelligible. Additionally, I had hoped for information that would enable me to learn about purses, but descriptions that accompanied photographs were merely descriptive i.e., colour and dimensions of purse, rather than era, manufacturer, country of origin.
10 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Not quite what I wanted.,
By A Customer
This review is from: Vintage Purses: At Their Best (Schiffer Book for Collectors) (Hardcover)
The book is absolutely beautiful, however, I would like to have read more history on the individual bags. All In all, very well done.
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