Vintage Ruth Saltz \"Saber\" Brown Leather Handbag


Vintage Ruth Saltz \

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Vintage Ruth Saltz \"Saber\" Brown Leather Handbag :
$49.99


From my Personal collection and I only have three left! SaberBrownLeather Kelly Handbag brand new, this handbag has been kept in a safe place for a long time. Its in good condition considering how old it is, it does have some light scatches and marks on it from storage, see pics. But over all this handbag is great for a collector! 8 x 11 x 4. A rare find with tags

Saber Handbag from the Early 1960s Designed by Ruth Saltz. Note the Pretty Toile Lining.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 skins like ostrich, rhinoceros and turtle. Alligators were a protected species at the time, so Ruth went to Italy to work with leather tannery’s where they custom created fine leathers and suedes for the company including embossed leather that closely resembled alligator and crocodile. She was a forerunner in her industry, creating ever new avenues of design with texture, color and finishes. I would give my eye tooth to see the turquoise alligator embossed handbag that her daughter, Marcella described to me!Ruth was also a champion of practicality. She understood the need for convenient compartments and easy access in a handbag and was the first to extend the inside zippered compartments from each side to the bottom of the bag. Besides all the handy compartments, Some of her bags even had convenient outside change purses that were attached with chain and fit into their own pockets. She was a great fan of the shoulder strap and in the 1960s she was a pioneer of unisex handbags as well as a handbag made exclusively for Men. Quoted from the Aug. 8, 1968 edition of the Times-News Hendesronville, N.C. \"...men are starting to carry handbags. This latest fashion for men had it\'s start around Fathers Day...when a couple of handbag manufacturers ventured into purses for men.\" the article went on to say, \"Ruth Saltz at Saber handbags uses whipcords and unpolished leathers in her \"Gentry\" and \"Now Voyager\" styles\". Just a little aside here... it\'s obvious the writer of this article did not know much about the designer herself because Ruth Saltz disliked the word purse referring to a handbag. I can\'t imagine what she thought of someone calling a mans bag a purse! Marcella quotes her Mom as saying “the word purse relates to something you put change into inside your handbag”. She educated the public and the buyers and insisted they use the word HANDBAG.Ruth was always loved and admired in the fashion industry. According to her daughter everyone adored her. Marcella wrote \"Ruth was a warm, loving and generous person and a source of great delight to all who knew her. She was a force to be reckoned with, always ahead of the curve\". In the early 1970s Ruth and Sam Saltz created the label Ruth Saltz Designs, which remained successful until the company closed in the late 80”s. Through out her design career Ruth continued to be innovative and fashion forward. She created the first signature lining, with an all over \"autograph\" print.


Vintage Ruth Saltz \"Saber\" Brown Leather Handbag :
$49.99

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