- 1. History in a Purse
- (Telling stories with clothes)
- Sigrid Ivo Director and Curator of the Museum of Bags and Purses, Amsterdam Sometimes history is literally reflected in a bag. The arrival of the first giraffe in France in 1826 is ...
Stories
white cotton
pants
lead
mannequins
Prince Frederik
miser's purse
beliefs
damage
Flax
arsenic
SPECTRUM
Patterns
Fleecemaking
heavy metals
padding
kings' garments
pattern-taking
Chile
date
giraffe
Price tags
Manneken-Pis
Queen Elizabeth II
transportation
Padding
crochet lace
lining
sewing techniques
reproduction
Qing Dynasty
Acid-free
Weaving
museums
photographs
self couching
accession
clothes
Planning
crucifix
18th century
storage
interlinking
labels
courtship
ballet
portrait
Don Quichotte
showcase
fibers
bobbin lace
locally made clothes
tradition
policy
color symbolism
exhibition
preventive conservation
unpacking
military uniforms
Rayon
