BEAUTIFUL VINTAGE ROBERTA DI CAMERINO BLACK CUT VELVET AND BRASS SATCHEL HANDBAG
DESIGNED
IN THE SATCHEL SHAPE WITH RICHLY PATTERNED BLACK CUT VELVET WITH BRASS
HARDWARE MADE BY VENETIAN CRAFTSMEN, THIS VINTAGE DESIGNER HANDBAG IS A
COLLECTOR'S PIECE IN IT'S DESIGN.
THE INTERIOR IS CLASSIC VINTAGE BRIGHT RED LEATHER WITH A METAL
ZIPPERED POCKET AND TWO OPEN-TOPPED POCKETS. THE INTERIOR CARRIES THE
DARK STAMPED: MADE IN ITALY BY "ROBERTA DI CAMERINO" AND THE INSCRIBED
BRASS: ROBERTA (CROWN) R CAMERINO ON THE INSIDE BRASS FRAME, AS
PICTURED IN THE LISTING PHOTOS.
THE
CONDITION IS VERY, VERY NICE VINTAGE; THE OUTER IS STIFF WITH NO SPOTS,
HOLES OR FLAWS, THE BOTTOM HAS A SLIGHT THIN FADE ON THE EDGES, THE
BRASS IS VINTAGE AND IS SHINY AND MATT IN PLACES,
THE DRAMATIC CLOSURE IS "SIDE PUSH" AND WORKS GREAT. THE INSIDE IS SUPER CLEAN WITH NO MARKS.
It measures 37 cm wide and and 20 cm high.
Guiliana Camerino (Nee Coen December 8, 1920 - May 10, 2010) was an Italian fashion designer who founded the Roberta di camerino fashion house in Venice, the only major Italian fashion brand to be based in the historic seafaring and trading city. The label is principally known for its velvet handbags, though it has also produsced womenswear and shoes. Guiliana Camerino has been credited with creating the consept of the status bag. Fashion house Roberta de camerino was world famous for its bags. Her cut-velvet bags featured brass hardware made by Venetian craftsmen, and were carried by celebrities sush as Grace Kelly, Farrah Fawcett and Elisabeth Taylor.
