Art Nouveau chainmail bag

Accessories

Inventory number
2025.1.29.4ab.AC.BG.C1920.GB
Description
An Art Nouveau style chatelaine bag made of black chainmail, decorated on both sides with two black bakelite buttons with rhinestones in the middle, framed with springs; a clasp in the shape of kokoshnik is made of gilded brass frame and applied on it black bakelite panels with Art Nouveau style carving pattern and rosebud-shaped kiss lock fastener; the bag has white metal chain handle and rectangular mirror in a wafer inside.
Materials
Chainmail
Bakelite
Rhinestones
Brass
Origin
circa 1920 probably Great Britain