Marilyn Monroe Black Floral Embroidered Handbag

Marilyn Monroe Personally Owned Black Floral Embroidered Handbag W/Notarized Letter of Provenance - This fashionable black embroidered handbag was personally owned by Marilyn Monroe. The bag features a white flower with fleur de lis design, gold accents, and black bakelite handle. The handbag comes with a notarized letter of provenance from Marilyn Monroe's personal hairstylist Sydney Guilaroff, which states in part, "Marilyn Monroe gave me this black mid-fifties handbag with white flower and fleur de lis design with gold glitter accents and black bacha lite handle from her personal wardrobe around 1957." Sydney Guilaroff was a hair stylist during Hollywood's Golden Age who was the first to receive on-screen credit in films. He worked for more than forty years at the Metro Goldwyn Mayer studios on more than a thousand films, and was instrumental in crafting many of the hairstyles which became the signature looks for numerous film stars. Guilaroff was a friend, stylist, and confidante to many Golden Age stars including Greta Garbo, Joan Crawford, and Audrey Hepburn along with Marilyn Monroe, and styled Marilyn's hair for her funeral in 1962. Measurements: 11.5 x 10 x 3.5 inches.