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Celluloid Pierrot Dance Purse

Celluloid Pierrot dance purse. Pierrot is a stock character of pantomime and Commedia dell'Arte whose origins are in the late 17th-century Italian troupe of players performing in Paris. This fabulous dance purse also has a Pierrot push-button clasp.

Collection of Mary Nunn

Details

Date: 1920s

Materials: Celluloid

Provenance: Unknown

Designer/Maker: Unknown

Markings: Unknown

Dimensions: Unknown

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