Vintage Purses at Their Best

by Lynell K. Schwartz

Book Overview

The beautiful diversity of high-quality vintage purses is presented through a friendly and informative text and 522 beautiful color photographs. Chosen from among the leading private dealer and museum collections, these primarily nineteenth and twentieth century purses are among the finest glass-beaded metal, tapestry, embroidered, plastic, and home-crafted examples known. The book includes histories of the leading manufacturers such as Bliss, Napier,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0887408311
• ISBN13: 9780887408311
• Release Date: January 1995
• Publisher: Schiffer Publishing
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 2.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 8.5" x 11.0"

Customer Reviews

A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words

If a picture is worth a thousand words, then this gem of a book is a superlative example. Brimming with exquisitely beautiful photographs, each and every page is a feast for the eyes. Ms. Schwartz's inclusion of the painstaking process that goes into the creation of these delicate feminine accoutrements provides the reader with an astounding appreciation for how difficult the craft for such a practical accessory actually was. A "Must Have" for amateurs as well as serious collectors!I have already ordered my copy of her latest book (at press now), "Purse Masterpieces," which promises, not only gorgeous photographs, but a thoroughly investigated background for the inspirations (Art, Literature, Architecture, etc.) behind the pictured scenes.

Can't wait for her next book, PURSE MASTERPIECES!!

I just found out Schwartz has another book on vintage purses coming out this fall, Purse Masterpieces. I am delighted that her third book will be about a subject seldom covered in such depth: vintage purses.I have searched everywhere for books on vintage purses. Schwartz's Vintage Purses at Their Best book not only shows hundreds of purses in color but also offers a sneak peek at the production of purses.

FABULOUS!!!!

A Fabulous book containing pictures of purses unsurpassed! Sure hope she writes another one! A thousand thank yous!!!!!

FASCINATING! Goes where no purse book has gone before!

This book shows fabulous examples of hard to find and rare purses taken from private collectors from all over. This book is the only one that gives previously undisclosed information regarding the background of the making of a purse, including rarely found information about the manufacturers.A MUST SEE, a must read!

A book full of gorgeous pictures.

I highly recommend this book for anyone interested in vintage purses. In addition to page after page of excellent photographs, there is a great deal of historical information about the factories that made them.