AN AWESOME OUTFIT DESERVES AN UNFORGETTABLE ACCESSORY.
Luxury handbags don’t all have to look the same. Don’t get us wrong, we love a good go-to designer classic in our collection, but they aren’t going to get you those “WHERE did you get that bag?!”s from strangers. Let’s admit it – there’s something pretty intoxicating about being the object of a little ‘exclusivity envy’ and sporting something no one else has. (Trust us, we took a few of these beauties on a trial run at the Cowgirl Hall of Fame luncheon, and gals were clamoring to buy them right off our arms.) This eye-catching investment piece is one of a kind, created from a unique vintage handbag reinvented with upscale elements like luxury leathers, fine fur trim, and ornate accents with Western sensibilities.
History:
American designer, Harry Rosenfeld. Many of Rosenfeld’s pieces were design collaborations with jeweler Kenneth Jay Lane.
Pieces in the Metropolitan Museum
Harry Rosenfeld was an American designer active from the 1930s into the ’70s. His designs were made by several different manufacturers. The bags were sold at high-end department stores and at Harry Rosenfeld Handbags, a shop on Madison Avenue in New York City. Rosenfeld designed bags in all sorts of styles, using all kinds of materials.
- materials: genuine ostrich mink trim, cameo buckle, combination lining of ostrich & bengaline
- hallmark: Rosenfield
- dimensions: 9 1/2″ + handle, 12″ wide, 3″ depth
- hard body
- 4 interior pockets, one zipper
- single handle
- vintage handbag
- minor blemishes
- dust accretion
- redolent of age