Decoupage Wooden Box Purse of Various Anton Pieck Paintings, Gold Tone Crisscross Metal Handle & Ball Clasp, Hinged order Lid, Red Felt Interior

1960's decoupage rectangular, octagon shaped wooden box handbag covered with various Anton Pieck paintings. The handbag has a gold tone crisscross metal handle and drop ball clasp on a hinged lid. The interior is lined with red felt which is in excellent condition. The bottom of the purse has 8 brass feet. This is such an interesting piece, and I had a wonderful time researching all the details about this handbag... Very, very cool box purse and would be a great conversation piece to carry around. I have seen a lot of these decoupage purses, and this is one of the best I've seen, very well done! Be sure to look at all the photos which show each individual painting on all 9 sections of the purse.

Anton Franciscus Pieck was a Dutch painter and graphic artist. He was born in Den Helder, Netherlands on April 19, 1895. His works are whimsical scenes of village life, noted for their nostalgic or fairy tale-like characters. His prints were so popular they started a craze of print kits to decoupage onto 1960's box handbags. Anton Pieck was also a creator of Efteling, (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Efteling) the largest theme park in the Netherlands and one of the oldest theme parks in the world. Similar to Disneyland, Pieck's fantasy theme world consisted of gardens and houses that were 3D replicas of his famous scenes. Pieck died at the age of 92 on November 24, 1987 in Overveen, Netherlands. If you refer to the photos, several of the scenes include Anton's name at the bottom. The Donald Art Company of New York was the publishing company that sold Anton Pieck's prints for many years. It's been said that the Donald Art Company was the most successful of all the art publishing companies in the 1900's. They sold millions of prints to retail and wholesale outlets, in the USA as well as internationally.

The box is 9.5" long, 7" wide and 5.75" tall.

The handbag is in excellent condition. The interior is also in excellent condition, no tears or stains.

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