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Property from the Collection of May Bourne Strassburger
CARTIER ART DECO DIAMOND AND LACQUER EVENING BAG
Details
CARTIER ART DECO DIAMOND AND LACQUER EVENING BAG
Old, single, baguette and rose-cut diamonds, black lacquer, black suede exterior, brown suede interior, platinum, yellow and rose gold (French marks), circa 1932, signed Cartier Paris Made in France, numbered, red Cartier case
Size/Dimensions: 17.7 x 15.0 cm (6 7/8 x 5 7/8 in)
Gross Weight: 243.9 grams
Old, single, baguette and rose-cut diamonds, black lacquer, black suede exterior, brown suede interior, platinum, yellow and rose gold (French marks), circa 1932, signed Cartier Paris Made in France, numbered, red Cartier case
Size/Dimensions: 17.7 x 15.0 cm (6 7/8 x 5 7/8 in)
Gross Weight: 243.9 grams
Further Details
May Bourne Strassburger (1883 – 1959) was the eldest daughter of Frederick G. Bourne, the fifth president of the Singer Manufacturing Company. She married Ralph Beaver Strassburger, one of the founders of the Pennsylvania German Society in 1911. Together the Strassburgers traveled between their farm in Gwynedd Valley, Pennsylvania and their homes in Paris, Deauville and Chantilly, France as well as Palm Beach, Florida. They were known as avid antique collectors and breeders of thoroughbred racehorses.