Handbags

by Judith H. Miller

Book Overview

The perfect pocket guide to buying, valuing, and collecting, this new series by international antiques expert Judith Miller launches with Handbags, Metal Toys, Perfume Bottles, and Sixties Style. Each... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0756619203
• ISBN13: 9780756619206
• Release Date: January 2006
• Publisher: DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley)
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.6" x 6.5"

Customer Reviews

rare & iconic perfume bottles

This is a great guide book of 400 design perfume bottles for designers, students, collectors and perfume lovers. It could have a better graphic design but the photos are great. It is a really good buy!

terrific

I love this book. I actually saw this in a shop at Logan Airport while waiting for my flight and decided to order it online as soon as I got back home. It's a terrific book if you are looking for inspiration when making your own handbags (I started making felted handbags recently) or if you just happen to like handbags. Beautiful detailed photos, elegantly presented. Includes ratings by estimated value for collectors.

Perfume Bottles

A great book to have on hand as reference. Dimensions of the bottles would have been an advantage.

A Stunning Collection of Handbags

"A survey has found that an American woman owns an average of six handbags." ~Judith Miller Judith Miller has captured handbags in all their intricate beauty. Many of these bags exist in museums and it is very unlikely that we could observe them all in a lifetime. So, this book is invaluable in that regard. Like Judith Miller's book on perfume bottles, this book exceeds expectations. The bags range in age from Pre-1890s to the 1970s and present day selections. Each chapter contains historical information, unique quotes and full-color pictures showing the most intricate details and evolution of the beloved handbag. Here we find the original mobile phone, a phone that is shaped as a bag that actually can be plugged in to make calls. One can only imagine those surprise long distance charges after a friend stops by for a visit. Red velvet Turkish bags with gold embroidery and French beaded purses all live happily amongst pages displaying everything from beadwork to precious metals and leather. There are purses shaped like phones, flowers, accordions, boxes, baskets, wicker parasols, birdhouses, birds and adorable toy rabbits. If you have any interest in Vintage clothes, you may rather enjoy reading about the magazine clutch bag. With over 400 designs to choose from, this is the ultimate handbag book, it could even fit in a handbag. You will be left with a feeling of: "I simply must have that bag on page ____." However, it is probably in a museum and one can only hope a designer finds this book and makes a modern replica. From the playful to the elegant, there is something to enjoy and many memorable handbags are featured in this wonderful book. ~The Rebecca Review