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Vintage Martin Van Schaak handbag Navy Blue leather from 1960's

 Beautiful, vintage navy blue  leather bag  with gold jeweled chain shape in blue and green color on front.  Single handle, gold tone feet on bottom, gold clasp closure on top. Inner separate compartments lined with partial leather, and fabric.  Bag has side zipper pocket, and pockets to store cell phone, lipstick and cards, and plenty of room for other stuff, fully leather lined.  Bottom corners have very small wear to it as shown in the pictures. Small part of the Inside edge (about 1 1/2"  sewing was glued back as shown in the picture, it is very hard to notice it, cause it is inside.  The exterior leather is in very clean and good condition and well taken care of.  Inside the bag is also clean without any damage or stains.  Measurements: 8" x 10.5" , handle stands 5.5" from the top to the bag, easily goes over the shoulder to carry.  Inside is embossed with the name Martin Van Schaak New York.

About the designer:

Martin Van Schaak, well known American handbag master, has been designing his novelty purses for over half a century starting in the early 1950s. His customers represented creme de la creme of New York, Los Angeles, Texas and Washington DC society, including Jacqueline Kennedy, Nancy Reagan, and Marlene Deitrich. His wonderful creations have never been available for sale in retail stores, made exclusively per order with the personality of a client in mind. A slender, brown-haired man, Martin Van Schaak -- who described himself as "half-French, half-Dutch" -- arrived in America from France in the mid-1940s. In 2001, he celebrated his 80th birthday . He once reminisced that he sold his first purse in 1943 to the wife of the Dutch ambassador and from then on he has been designing bags for the most fashionable women in America.

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