As always, there it was. Crocheted and assembled in the 1960’s or early 1970’s is my best guess. The yarn appears to be a more “modern” acrylic, but it also resembles very similar bags I have discovered which were made in the Depression/War-time era of 1930 – 1945.

Also as usual, this one seems to have been carried very little. Women who have lived during any time of some deprivation, whether due to historical and cultural events or simply a time of budget crisis in their own lives, have tended to care for their wardrobe items very conscientiously. The gal who made this purse had good needlework skills and even took the extra step of constructing and adding dividers to create 4 separate compartments made of matching fabric and some type of poster board. Very practical use of what was at hand.

It has a bit of storage wear, but the color is still a vibrant, dark navy (please overlook the camera and sunlight wash-out) and the stitching is very sound. Of course I had to pick up this one-of-a-kind accessory piece which tells it’s own story. But, who was She? Sometimes you just never know . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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