The Museum of Bags and Purses
has produced various publications
about the bags and its collections
over the course of 20 years
In 2011 and 2015 the museum published the book Bags-Tassen- Bolsos- Sacs, a selection from the Museum of Bags and Purses, Amsterdam contains an overview of the history of the bag from the late Middle Ages up to the present day, with all the featured bags originating from the collection of the Museum of Bags and Purses – the biggest bag museum in the world. Its collection of more than 5000 bags, pouches, cases, purses and accessories, combined with regular temporary exhibitions, reveals the diversity of the bag in terms of its use, form, adornment and material.
This is not a book that you actually have to read. Rather, it’s a feast of artwork for the eye. The photographs of the handbags are extraordinary. Quote of Paula
The book Bags is for sale of 16,50 euro (excl. postage costs)
- Language s : English, Dutch , Spanish, French
- Paperback : 432 pages
- Published: 2015 (revised edition)
To order please send a mail to sigrid@ivocollection.com
Magazine about the Ivo Collection and
the former Museum of Bags and Purses
For more reading pleasure about the magnificent Ivo collection of more than 5000 artifacts reflecting 500 years of history of bags, and over its origin, the founders and the former Museum of Bags and Purses in Amsterdam please download the magazine:
Other articles to read in Dutch
with summaries in English
- Sigrid Ivo, Zichtbaar en verborgen, Het tuigje, de beugeltas en de dijzakken in de moede en streekdrachten, Kostuum 2000. Click here to download in PDF
- Sigrid Ivo, Ode aan de tas, van verzamelwoede tot Tassenmuseum, Kostuum 2005. Click here to download in PDF
- Bags of promise, Ingeborg Harms meets the Ivo family, private owners of the world’s most important collection of handbags and explains why the design, materials, and craftsmanship of these portable curios say so much about our social history, Patek Philippe, Volume IV, No. 10, 2021. Click here to download in PDF
