Bag by Hermès, dated ca. 1950 by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, which records the maker as Hermès. The museum lists the materials as leather (crocodile skin), metal, synthetic. It is in The Costume Institute collection (accession 2009.300.3397a, b).
Bags
'Mallette', ca. 1950
Hermèsca. 1950- Designed by
- Hermès
- Materials
- leather (crocodile skin), metal, synthetic
Met accession 2009.300.3397a, b. Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Luntey in memory of Beverly Luntey, 2002
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Authentication
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