Vintage Purses at Their Best
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Book Overview
The beautiful diversity of high-quality vintage purses is presented through a friendly and informative text and 522 beautiful color photographs. Chosen from among the leading private dealer and museum collections, these primarily nineteenth and twentieth century purses are among the finest glass-beaded metal, tapestry, embroidered, plastic, and home-crafted examples known. The book includes histories of the leading manufacturers such as Bliss, Napier, Whiting & Davis and Mandalian along with catalogs, advertising, trade, cards, and original drawings which anchor the purses in their respective periods. This book will delight all fashion enthusiasts. The price guide reflects the collectors' market today.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0887408311
ISBN13:9780887408311
Release Date:January 1995
Publisher:Schiffer Publishing
Length:160 Pages
Weight:2.10 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 8.5" x 11.0"
Customer Reviews
5 ratings
A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 21 years ago
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 eyes. Ms. Schwartz's inclusion of the painstaking process that goes into the creation of these delicate feminine accoutrements provides the reader with an astounding appreciation for how difficult the craft for such a practical accessory actually was. A "Must Have" for amateurs as well as serious collectors!I have already ordered my copy of her latest book (at press now), "Purse Masterpieces," which promises, not only gorgeous photographs, but a thoroughly investigated background for the inspirations (Art, Literature, Architecture, etc.) behind the pictured scenes.
Can't wait for her next book, PURSE MASTERPIECES!!
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 21 years ago
I just found out Schwartz has another book on vintage purses coming out this fall, Purse Masterpieces. I am delighted that her third book will be about a subject seldom covered in such depth: vintage purses.I have searched everywhere for books on vintage purses. Schwartz's Vintage Purses at Their Best book not only shows hundreds of purses in color but also offers a sneak peek at the production of purses.
FABULOUS!!!!
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 23 years ago
A Fabulous book containing pictures of purses unsurpassed! Sure hope she writes another one! A thousand thank yous!!!!!
FASCINATING! Goes where no purse book has gone before!
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 23 years ago
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!
A book full of gorgeous pictures.
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 25 years ago
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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