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Bag, Small Shaving

This is a Bag. It was designed by Luisa Cevese and manufactured by Luisa Cevese Riedizioni.

This object is not part of the Cooper Hewitt's permanent collection. It was able to spend time at the museum on loan from Luisa Cevese as part of Scraps.

It is dated since 2012. Its medium is gilded washi paper, silk, polyurethane.

It is credited Courtesy of Luisa Cevese Riedizioni.

  • Purse (England)
  • metallic yarns.
  • Museum purchase from Au Panier Fleuri, McNeil, and General Acquisitions....
  • 1989-30-1

Our curators have highlighted 6 objects that are related to this one. Here are three of them, selected at random:

  • Textile, Starry Indigo
  • silk (88%), silver foil over washi paper (8%), polyester (4%).
  • Gift of Hosoo Co., Ltd..
  • 2015-46-1
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  • Woven Blind (USA)
  • cotton, viscose rayon, silk, wood, cellulose acetate-laminated aluminum yarn,....
  • Gift of the Estate of Dorothy Liebes Morin.
  • 1972-75-8

Its dimensions are

H x W x D: 11 × 19 × 8 cm (4 5/16 × 7 1/2 × 3 1/8 in.)

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Scraps.

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