. "Glac\u00E9-grained pale green kid leather handbag with a metal hinged frame with twist fastening. Made from a single piece of leather with a gusset inserted at each end. The top is scalloped so that the frame is concealed, and a side pocket is formed either side of the centre pouch. The handles are machine-stitched to each side. Lined with ribbed green silk and has a centre pocket."@en . "The term 'handbag' first referred to the hand-held luggage bags usually carried by men, but in the latter part of the nineteenth century practical and stylistic elements of the leather travelling bag, such as its metal fastenings and compartmentalised interior, ticket pockets and sturdy handle, inspired the new handbag for women, the precursor of the twentieth-century handbag. Framed handbags, made in plush with plush handles, or in sealskin in the 1860s and 1870s and in morocco in the late 1870s, followed. By the 1880s, coloured leathers were popular, in morocco and kidskin."@en . "Kid leather handbag, England, 1890s"@en . . "2021-02-10T00:00:00"^^ .