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You might think of the purse as a pretty modern invention. Not so! People have needed to carry their crap around for millennia, both women & men. Here are some nifty purses to inspire your next project.<\/p>\n

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\"velvet<\/a>

velvet purse with castle-shaped metal hinge frame, late 1400s, image from the Metropolitan Museum of Art<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n

\"Portrait<\/a>

Portrait of Archduke Ferdinand II of Austria wearing a ring bag at his waist, 1557, image from Wikimedia Commons<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n

\"French<\/a>

French promenade costume fashion plate with waist pouch, 1675-77, image from LACMA<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n

\"beaded<\/a>

beaded drawstring bag commemorating ballooning, 1783, image from MFA<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n

\"dotted<\/a>

dotted reticule (with plaid dress!) in Le Journal des Dames et des Modes, 1800<\/p><\/div>\n

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\"Delphine<\/a>

Delphine de Girardin, french writer and journalist, with a leather bag, 1850, image from Wikimedia Commons<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"leather<\/a>

leather shoulder-strap purse with walking suit, 1895, image from V&A Museum<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n

The sizes & shapes of purses change, but the need to stash a few things on the body doesn’t. Extant purses go back to the middle ages, & bags can be found in portraits & fashion plates all over the place if you look hard enough. Need more? Download this PDF<\/a> (94.2MB) from a class I taught several years ago at Costume College — it’s an annotated visual overview of purses from the 1200s to the 1950s.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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