Velvet handbag

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Handbag (vertically elongated) of brown velvet with off- white ,black, and brown stripes down middle framed with brown pieces of leather on front and back face; brown leather trim and one handle of brown leather attached at top of handbag by fasteners of metallic gold; "R" of metallic gold in buckle design attached at lower left region. Measurements: Width: 7" Height: 7 1/2", without handle Height: 15", with handle Depth: 1/8" Designer's stamp inside reads: "By Roberta / Di Camerino / Product of Italy"

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1 handbag

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Roberta di Camerino 1956.

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  • Neiman-Marcus Neiman-Marcus Co. (est. 1907 by Herbert Marcus, Carrie Marcus-Neiman, and Al Neiman)

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Handbag (vertically elongated) of brown velvet with off- white ,black, and brown stripes down middle framed with brown pieces of leather on front and back face; brown leather trim and one handle of brown leather attached at top of handbag by fasteners of metallic gold; "R" of metallic gold in buckle design attached at lower left region.

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Width: 7"
Height: 7 1/2", without handle
Height: 15", with handle
Depth: 1/8"

Designer's stamp inside reads: "By Roberta / Di Camerino / Product of Italy"

Physical Description

1 handbag

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Provenance in bag:
September 28, 1961
This bag was the first velvet bag that Roberta made following a visit of Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Marcus to Venice. At that time, she was introduced to the Centuries old firm of Bevilaqua, which firm had been making brocades and velvets for the Vatican. Although Roberta's family had been living in Venice for several hundred years, she was unaware of the existence of this small mill which produces its materials in the same manner in which they were produced 200 years ago.
Mr. Stanley Marcus took a cut of the velvet to Roberta and asked her to make a bag from it. She did and became so intrigued with the fabrics of this mill that she then developed a whole collection of the velvet and cut velvet bags which became the greatest new influence in the bag industry in the 1957 - 60 period. They were copied throughout the entire world in all price ranges. This is the first velvet bag of this particular era of fashion.

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Texas Fashion Collection

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  • 1956

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  • April 28, 2020, 4:45 p.m.

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  • June 14, 2021, 7:01 p.m.

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Roberta di Camerino. Velvet handbag, physical object, 1956; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1637546/: accessed June 12, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT College of Visual Arts + Design.

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