Vintage 1960s Italian Handbag Purse Black Patent Leather Mannelli Florence - VFG Livio de Simone set closing there in 1974

closing there in 1974

These prints are often clipped at the bottom to fit into a frame

There is missing fringe

The skirt is made in a full length with an asymmetrical fringed burlap weave cotton in a shorter length over a plissé cotton so that the plissé cotton is displayed at the bottom front and back

This piece appears to have been well cared for over the years

Vintage 1960s Italian Handbag Purse Black Patent Leather Mannelli Florence - VFG Livio de Simone set closing there in 1974This is a wonderful 1960s black patent leather handbag purse made in Italy. The label reads Mannelli Ponte Vecchio 42 Borgo S. Jacopo. 3 Firenze Mannelli started in business in 1952 and is still in existence selling leather goods. The flap of the purse closes with a tongue through a thermoplastic loop. The interior has a zippered compartment on one side and an open compartment on the other side. The purse measures 8 in width and 2 1 8 in depth at its