Evening Bag

France

Late 1950s-1960s

  • Titles Evening Bag (Descriptive)
  • Medium beads, satin
  • Dimensions 10 × 7 1/4 in. (25.4 × 18.4 cm)
  • Credit Line Bequest of Sybil Noble Murray, 2000.193a-c
  • Work Type evening bag
  • Classification Costume

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