Clutch of brown woven cord blocked in 3 rectangles at front and back
- Title
- Clutch of brown woven cord blocked in 3 rectangles at front and back
- LC Subject
- handbags
- Description
- Clutch of brown woven cord blocked in 3 rectangles at front and back; cord spirals out from center; sides feature braided trim of copper wire encased in clear plastic; zipper closure at top with leather tab on the zipper; lined in brown taffeta with pockets.
- Motif
- Spiral motif Braid
- Work Type
- handbags
- Location
- United States
- Date
- 1940/1949
- Identifier
- 1995.005.006
- Rights
- In Copyright
- License
- Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International
- Type
- Image
- Format
- image/tiff
- Material
- Cotton Cord Plastic
- Technique
- Clutch Spiral cord Zip closure
- Set
- Historic and Cultural Textile and Apparel Collection
- Primary Set
- Historic and Cultural Textile and Apparel Collection
- Institution
- Oregon State University
- Note
- This might be a war time bag (WWII) as leather was not available and alternative materials were used in the 1940s. There were also many bags using plastic cords, particularly phone cords as many women worked as phone operators. I saw many other examples online of bags with this similar design of the spiraling cord, but none with the plastic braided cord.
