LADIES 1940'S BLACK CORDE PURSE. HAND MADE FROM BLACK CORDE THREAD. ( LIKE CROCHETING) MEASURES 10" WIDE x 10" DEEP. LINED WITH BLACK COTTON. CLOSES WITH HUGE FACTORY SNAP. STRAP MEASURES 38 " LONG OVERALL. SOME INFO: ( NOW ALTHOUGH LADIES PURSES DID NOT HAVE SHOULDER STRAPS UNTIL THE 1960'S, THIS PURSE IS FROM THE 1940'S. AFTER DOING SOME RESEARCH, WE DICOVERED THAT IN FACT DURING WW II WOMEN DID BUY AND MAKE PURSES WITH SHOULDER STRAPS TO GO TO AND FROM THIER WORK IN THE WAR EFFORT FACTORIES. THEY WERE NOT USED FOR FASHION AT THIS TIME. MOST WERE LEATHER, AND CLOTH WITH THE SHOULDER STRAP TO MAKE IT MORE CONVENIENT TO BE USED TO RIDE ON BICYCLES, TRAINS AND BUSES, BUT SOME ONE MUST HAVE WANTED A CORDE ONE BECAUSE HERE IT IS ! MAYBE PRETTY RARE TO FIND AT THAT ! )
