30's Pastel Hand-Painted Velvet Bag with Gold-Leaf Detail by Mary Chess hawaii novelty print Light blue and red dashiki

Light blue and red dashiki

Interior zip pocket

Lightly padded shoulders with the wide tuck running down both sides to the waist

• Gucci button up shirt dress

Other features: Built-in bra padding and spandex underwear

30's Pastel Hand-Painted Velvet Bag with Gold-Leaf Detail by Mary Chess hawaii novelty print Light blue and red dashikiAn 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