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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. --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.

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Hardcover: 160 pages
Publisher: Schiffer Publishing; 2 Revised edition (October 2004)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0764319035
ISBN-13: 978-0764319037
Product Dimensions: 11.1 x 8.7 x 0.8 inches
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5.0 out of 5 stars A book full of gorgeous pictures., July 13, 1999

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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.

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1.0 out of 5 stars Proof-read next time, please, February 5, 2001

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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.

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5.0 out of 5 stars FASCINATING! Goes where no purse book has gone before!, February 13, 2001

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This book shows fabulous examples of hard to find and rare purses taken from private collectors from all over. This book is the only one that gives previously undisclosed information regarding the background of the making of a purse, including rarely found information about the manufacturers.

A MUST SEE, a must read!

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1.0 out of 5 stars Poor reference book for dating vontage purses
If I had read the reviews before I purchased this book I probably would have bought it anyway since there was only one negative review. Now there are two. Read more

Published on October 16, 2007 by P. English

5.0 out of 5 stars A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words
If a picture is worth a thousand words, then this gem of a book is a superlative example. Brimming with exquisitely beautiful photographs, each and every page is a feast for the... Read more

Published on June 17, 2003 by Tara Lewis

5.0 out of 5 stars Can't wait for her next book, PURSE MASTERPIECES!!
I just found out Schwartz has another book on vintage purses coming out this fall, Purse Masterpieces. Read more

Published on June 13, 2003

4.0 out of 5 stars Not quite what I wanted.
The book is absolutely beautiful, however, I would like to have read more history on the individual bags. All In all, very well done.

Published on September 9, 2001

5.0 out of 5 stars FABULOUS!!!!
A Fabulous book containing pictures of purses unsurpassed! Sure hope she writes another one! A thousand thank yous!!!!!

Published on June 19, 2001

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