French Tapestry Evening Bag Vintage Embroidered Purse Gold Frame Handbag 1940s

This one is special. Gold Framed Box Purse with Emboidered Tapestry panel. By Pichel, 1940s. (A French luxury handbag company popular in the US through the 1940s & 1950s. The Metropolitan Museum of Art has a Pichel evening bag in its costume collection.) This collectible evening purse is a soft flocked material (possibly “Velvasuede”) in black, including a strap that can be used as a top handle or worn on the shoulder. The gold metal frame is embossed in an intricate floral pattern and finished with a solid bar clasp. It features a multicolor embroidered tapestry in a classical nature motif complete with partially enrobed maidens, suitors and a winged putto. The roomy interior is lined in black satin and offers not only five slip pockets in varying sizes, but also its original attached clip coin purse. SIZE: Meaures 7.5” H by just over 7 1/8” W by 1 3/4” depth at sides (2” deep at base). The strap drop is 8 1/4”, which allows you the flexibility to wear it on your shoulder, if preferred. CONDITION: Excellent. It’s astonishing how well preserved this 80-year-old bag has been. The only condition issue to note is that the base board (likely cardboard) inside the fabric at the bottom has split. The bag is structurally sound — it’s just not perfectly flat on the base.