PURSE
Creator(s): Cartier (Firm)
Currently in storage
About this object
Handbag is rectangular with the upper part roof shaped. The front, back and sides are in wool needlework with a stylized design in bright colors, red and blue being prominent. The frame is in gold enamelled in black with a stepped design. The handle is in white jade carved with two dragons heads and the edges are set with five cabochon sapphires. On the clasp is a diamond rosette set with a green stone in the center. On one side of the hinge is a rectangular pendant in white jade set with an interlaced design in gold and black enamel. The inside is lined in moire silk.
- Object name:
- PURSE
- Made from:
- Gold -- enamel -- jade -- onyx -- needlework
- Made in:
- New York, USA
- Date made:
- c. 1930
- Size:
- 22.2 x 16.5 cm (8 3/4 x 6 1/2 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 49.13
- Class:
- ACCESSORY
- Signature marks:
- MARK On clasp's inner rim incised in script: Cartier N.Y 1732 DMK etched
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973