See more objects with the tag shaving, pre-consumer waste.

Object Timeline

  • We acquired this object.

2012

  • Work on this object began.

2016

2024

  • You found it!

Bag, Small Shaving

This is a Bag. It was designed by Luisa Cevese and manufactured by Luisa Cevese Riedizioni.

This object is not part of the Cooper Hewitt's permanent collection. It was able to spend time at the museum on loan from Luisa Cevese as part of Scraps.

It is dated since 2012. Its medium is gilded washi paper, silk, polyurethane.

It is credited Courtesy of Luisa Cevese Riedizioni.

  • Purse (England)
  • metallic yarns.
  • Museum purchase from Au Panier Fleuri, McNeil, and General Acquisitions....
  • 1989-30-1

Our curators have highlighted 6 objects that are related to this one. Here are three of them, selected at random:

  • Textile (USA)
  • cotton, plastic strips, lurex (colored film-coated foil).
  • Gift of Anni Albers.
  • 1967-55-3

Its dimensions are

H x W x D: 11 × 19 × 8 cm (4 5/16 × 7 1/2 × 3 1/8 in.)

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Scraps.

There are restrictions for re-using this image. For more information, visit the Smithsonian’s Terms of Use page.

If you would like to cite this object in a Wikipedia article please use the following template:

<ref name=CH>{{cite web |url=https://collection.cooperhewitt.org/objects/420556771/ |title=Bag, Small Shaving |author=Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum |accessdate=25 December 2024 |publisher=Smithsonian Institution}}</ref>