Artist: Unknown Artist/Maker (German, 18Th Century)
Date: 1912
Museum: Simone Handbag Museum (Seoul, South Korea)
Technique: Glass
The handle of this large evening bag is made from an early form of plastic known as Bakelite, which was invented by the Belgian chemist Dr. Baekeland in 1907. It was one of the first plastics to be made synthetically, and was used to make many household objects, including radios and decorative jewellery. This bag would have been sewn together at home and stitched to a shop-bought frame.
Size of this image (MIME type: image/jpeg) 2479 x 3353 pixels. Other resolutions: 221 x 300 pixels
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