Product code: MOD 60's Italian Black hotsell Leather Clutch with Black Lucite Handle
RUTH E. SALTZ Black Leather Clutch with Black Lucite Handle This bag was likely made in the 60s. It is lined in hotsell brown satin signature fabric with one zipper pocket. Preowned/vintage with some signs of prior wear: scratches to the top metal latch and hazing to the resin handle. 13"L x 9"H x 3in D. About Ruth Saltz: "Ruth was a painter before she started designing handbags in the late 1950s. Her husband, Sam Saltz owned Saber Handbags an accessory company based in New York. Sam asked his artist wife, Ruth, to help design the showroom and to give advice on color and new direction for the new collection. Ruth had great design talent and became the creative force behind the company. Throughout the late 50's and 1960's Ruth and Sam Saltz were a successful team and pillars of the Accessory industry. Her artistic nature lead her to rebel against the smooth and somewhat boring frame handbag of that day. A lover of color and texture, she experimented with soft supple leathers, suede and exotic.
RUTH E. SALTZ Black Leather Clutch with Black Lucite Handle This bag was likely made in the 60s. It is lined in hotsell brown satin signature fabric with one zipper pocket. Preowned/vintage with some signs of prior wear: scratches to the top metal latch and hazing to the resin handle. 13"L x 9"H x 3in D. About Ruth Saltz: "Ruth was a painter before she started designing handbags in the late 1950s. Her husband, Sam Saltz owned Saber Handbags an accessory company based in New York. Sam asked his artist wife, Ruth, to help design the showroom and to give advice on color and new direction for the new collection. Ruth had great design talent and became the creative force behind the company. Throughout the late 50's and 1960's Ruth and Sam Saltz were a successful team and pillars of the Accessory industry. Her artistic nature lead her to rebel against the smooth and somewhat boring frame handbag of that day. A lover of color and texture, she experimented with soft supple leathers, suede and exotic.