Purse Masterpieces Identification and Value Guide

  • Author(s): Lynell Schwartz
  • Category: Textiles, Clothing & Accessories
  • Publisher: Collector Books
  • Publish year: 2004
  • ISBN: 9781574323634
  • Number of Pages: 280

The secrets behind purse development seemed to be restricted to those who long ago aspired to string the beads, knit the silk, or stitch the canvases. Details of artistic motivation were frequently confined within tautly knitted silk threads and anchored with cool glass beads. Through the years, this painstaking purse-making process has nearly become a lost and mysterious art. Until now.

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Table of Contents:

COVER

CONTENTS

DEDICATION

INTRODUCTION

RECOGNIZING PURSES AS ART

THE DELICATE ART OF PURSE MAKING

ARCHITECURE AND THE ART OF PURSE

THE MAKING OF MESH PURSES

A WEALTH OF FABRIC PURSES

RARE AND UNEXPECTED BEAUTIES

VANITY BAGS AND COMPACT PURSES

A TREASURY OF FRAMES

CHILDREN AND PURSES

BIBLIOGRAPHY

ABOUT THE AUTHOR