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Handbags : the making of a museum

Title
Handbags : the making of a museum / Judith Clark with contributions by Caroline Evans, Amy de la Haye, Adam Phillips, Claire Wilcox.
Publication
  • New Haven : Yale University Press in association with Simone Handbag Museum, [2012]
  • ©2012

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Additional Authors
Clark, Judith, 1967-
Description
272 pages : color illustrations; 28 cm.
Summary
With specially commissioned photographs, this title provides an exploration of the handbag in the history of culture, fashion and material production. It also presents an account of the creation of the first museum devoted to the handbag: the Simone Handbag Museum in Seoul.
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
A history of containment / Claire Wilcox -- Beginning with bags / Adam Phillips -- The collection -- The making of a museum of handbags / Judith Clark -- The evolution of pose / Caroline Evans -- The uniform on the street: the fashionable handbag in 1912 / Amy de la Haye -- Specimens -- A terminology pertaining to handbags / Amy de la Haye -- The collection overview.
Call Number
JQF 13-1270
ISBN
  • 9780300186185 (cl : alk. paper)
  • 0300186185 (cl : alk. paper)
LCCN
2012017509
OCLC
785874514
Title
Handbags : the making of a museum / Judith Clark with contributions by Caroline Evans, Amy de la Haye, Adam Phillips, Claire Wilcox.
Publisher
New Haven : Yale University Press in association with Simone Handbag Museum, [2012]
Copyright Date
©2012
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Added Author
Clark, Judith, 1967- editor.
Research Call Number
JQF 13-1270
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