Property from an Important Family collects ion
SUEDE PURSE, ANNE-MARIE OF FRANCE, PARIS
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December 9, 09:28 PM GTNN
Estimate
1,500 - 2,500 USD
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Property from an Important Family collects ion
SUEDE PURSE, ANNE-MARIE OF FRANCE, PARIS
Designed as an ice bucket with Champagne bottle, topped with lucite ice cubes, the black suede exterior inscribed Champagne, Reims, France, opening to reveal a large interior compartment and interior pocket, signed Anne-Marie, 228, Rue de Rivoli, Hôtel Meurice, Paris; circa 1965.
Sold in Anne-Marie's shop in the Hôtel Meurice, the Champagne bucket purse was also gifted to VIP guests of the hotel, placed in their suites to be found on their arrival.
For another example of this Champagne bucket purse see Fashion: The Definitive History of Cost.mes and Style, Smithsonian Books, ed. Kathryn Hennessey, page 294.