purse, zebrawood
name: label: maker
content: Nat Lewis Purses, Inc.
notes: label: Description
content: This purse is an original model designed by David Lewis of Nat Lewis Purses, Inc. It is a zebrawood purse with cloth straps. Inside, there is a hand mirror and a leather wallet inside labeled “Nat Lewis.” The wood used in this purse is an example of flexwood, a type of flexible wood veneer sheet that has been used in different manufactures since the late 1920s. It is made by bonding wood veneers to a resin-saturated backer sheet that allows for flexibility in the wood and acts as a barrier against corrosive or adhesive materials. This flexwood is specifically that of zebrawood, formally called microberlinia or zebrano, a type of wood imported from central Africa. It is characterized often by its darker stripes on an otherwise light coloring, reminiscent of the coat of a zebra. This purse thus displays the use of specific wood types and treatments for commercial use.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: Agriculture
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Nat Lewis Purses, Inc.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AG.35FP07
label: catalog number
content: 35FP07
label: accession number
content: 136270
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Purse, Zebrawood