30's Pastel Hand-Painted Velvet Bag with Gold-Leaf Detail by Mary Chess clubbing clothing Original tag attached

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Brand: The A Jones Girl

75" across at empire waist

From its' first year of production

30's Pastel Hand-Painted Velvet Bag with Gold-Leaf Detail by Mary Chess clubbing clothing Original tag attachedAn exquisite and rare Mary Chess hand painted and stenciled velvet bag! I suspect this bag to have been a promotional piece from the early days of the Mary Chess perfume company circa late 1930's. I scoured the internet for any information about this bag, but could find none. I only found one other similar example that was described as made of 'carpet like material'. The velvet has a sky blue ground color and has whimsical floral pattern hand painted