Historical information

Purchased in Austria in 1937 by donor's father as a present for his wife. The vendors stated only two bags were made like this. The second bag was sold to Queen Mary, the mother of King George V1.
"Schwestern Landsberger" (or Landsberger Sisters, Vienna) was a well-known Austrian studio for textile art and needlework during the interwar period.
The name behind the studio belonged to two Jewish sisters, Markéta (Margarethe) and Magdalene (Magda) Landsberger.
Career and Fate
• The Vienna Studio: In the 1920s and early 1930s, the two sisters ran a successful studio and shop at Porzellangasse 43 in Vienna's 9th district. They specialised in artistic textile art and high-quality Petit Point handbags, which are highly sought after by collectors as antiques today.
• Flight from the Nazis: Due to rising antisemitism in Austria, they closed their shop in the mid-1930s. Following the confiscation of their property, they initially fled to Belgium before eventually leaving Europe.
• Emigration: Markéta Landsberger emigrated to Brazil in 1940, where she also established a reputation as a textile artist and art collector.

Physical description

Rural scenes both side of bag. Metal frame and handle. Frame is decorated with small green metal leaves and tiny pearls. Gusset is of flowers and a black ground, and black fine piping. Stitched in petit point with fine silk . Lined in apricot silk and containing a tiny purse and mirror.