Is there a name for this type of bag with hand strap

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I found this cute little wood bead bag which research indicates to be 1930s. It is a clutch but it has a hand strap on one side. Is there a name for that type of bag, or that type of strap, other than "hand strap"? I'm trying searches which don't turn up anything useful. Thanks in advance.
 

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Thanks! I did find out they were Czech beads, but this is technically called a wrist strap? I thought wrist straps were longer and made to go around the wrist, whereas this just lets your four fingers through. I will do a search on that.

I guess I should have clarified, I was specifically asking if there was a name for the type of bag with a hand strap on the side. I know it's a clutch, but it's a bit different from most clutches I've seen as it has that type of strap.
 
plousia said:
Thanks! I did find out they were Czech beads, but this is technically called a wrist strap? I thought wrist straps were longer and made to go around the wrist, whereas this just lets your four fingers through. I will do a search on that.

I guess I should have clarified, I was specifically asking if there was a name for the type of bag with a hand strap on the side. I know it's a clutch, but it's a bit different from most clutches I've seen as it has that type of strap.
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If this were one of the flat, soft, beaded Czech purses I associate with this style, I would call it a dance bag or dance purse. Visualize it being worn with the fingers through, resting on a dance partner's shoulder. The chunky, structured appearance of your purse may not make that use viable.
 
Ranch Queen Vintage said:
If this were one of the flat, soft, beaded Czech purses I associate with this style, I would call it a dance bag or dance purse. Visualize it being worn with the fingers through, resting on a dance partner's shoulder. The chunky, structured appearance of your purse may not make that use viable.
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Yes, it's quite large. I have seen similar purses called dance purses but I think this is more like a day bag. It's 11" x 8" I think at its widest points.

ETA: while researching this purse I learned that many 1930s day bags were clutches, unlike now where we think of them only as evening bags.
 
anothertimevintageapparel said:
Not all were dance purses.
I have seen some quite large ones with the handy strap to put your hand through.
It is more secure than just as a clutch.

I have never seen them used on a belt. Interesting.

BTW, I watch a lot of 1930s classic movies for research and enjoyment.
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My grandmother and her friends - in the 1930s and early 1940s - did just that. I have pictures somewhere.
 
bycinbyhand said:
My grandmother and her friends - in the 1930s and early 1940s - did just that. I have pictures somewhere.
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That's so cool that you have those. One of my grandmothers was born in 1914 and died before I was born. I often think of her and wonder about what kind of things she would have worn as a young woman in the 30s and 40s. I have only seen a couple of photos of her. When I was about 12 I was given a marcasite bracelet of hers that sadly broke. I've looked for a similar one with no success. Finding things from that era always makes me think it could have been something she might have used.
 
My grandmother was born in 1910. She shared quite about about the things she wore as a younger woman as she and her friends used to make much of their wardrobe. They knitted and sewed etc. They even made hats and purses. The photos I have of her when young were when my mother was a baby so that was about 1940. She saved up money to do some studio portraits.

Anything that was left from then was crammed poorly into my grandparent's attic and became moth food. I wasn't able to save a thing, sadly.
 
bycinbyhand said:
My grandmother was born in 1910. She shared quite about about the things she wore as a younger woman as she and her friends used to make much of their wardrobe. They knitted and sewed etc. They even made hats and purses. The photos I have of her when young were when my mother was a baby so that was about 1940. She saved up money to do some studio portraits.
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That's amazing. What a privilege. I wonder if that's what sparked your interest in vintage clothes?

People were so much handier back then.

bycinbyhand said:
Anything that was left from then was crammed poorly into my grandparent's attic and became moth food. I wasn't able to save a thing, sadly.
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What a pity!

Apparently one of my aunts has my grandmother's wedding dress. She married late, at 38 in 1952. I'm hoping to see it sometime. I do have a slightly tattered little change purse that I think may have belonged to her.
 
Can't say my grandmother sparked my interest in vintage clothes... we went to the thrift store and bought clothes not vintage, you know? It was really different when I was growing up.

But I think of her every day... she may have been a housewife but she was an amazing problem solver and more creative than Picasso just around the house.

I have a few things of hers but much of it didn't survive. An aunt tried to pass off a box of her 1930s hats but they were so horribly damaged I just couldn't risk bringing vermin into our home. There was a sweater still on the needles... around the early 40s... same condition issues. Oh well, things happen, right?
 
bycinbyhand said:
I have a few things of hers but much of it didn't survive. An aunt tried to pass off a box of her 1930s hats but they were so horribly damaged I just couldn't risk bringing vermin into our home. There was a sweater still on the needles... around the early 40s... same condition issues. Oh well, things happen, right?
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So sad! Your grandmother sounds like a lovely person.
 
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