Object: Bag
Designer:
Emmanuelle Khanh
(born 1937)
Retailer:
Saks Fifth Avenue
(American, founded 1924)
Date: c. 1966
Medium: Tan suede and silver metal
Country: France
Credit Line: Gift of Ms. Myrna Davis
Object number: 80.200.4
DescriptionTan suede purse, squares with white metal eyelets and twisted white metal bridge; 17 cm. x 23 cm. with heavy silver tone chain straps passing through heavy eyelets at either side top, front and back; gold tint silver mesh liner with coordinating change purse of mesh on white suede; zippered top closing.
Label Text:Many of Emmanuelle Khanh’s 1960s designs featured experimental materials and construction techniques. Like Paco Rabanne, Khanh often rejected tradition. She introduced creations that were evocative of armor.
In Collection(s)
Exhibitions:
- RetroSpective
- Paris Refashioned, 1957-1968