{"product_id":"vintage-mm-kane-black-beaded-sequin-clutch-1960s-hand-beaded-evening-bag-floral-star-burst-pattern-scholar-estate-cocktail-purse","title":"Vintage MM Kane Black Beaded Sequin Clutch, 1960s Hand-Beaded Evening Bag, Floral Star Burst Pattern, Scholar Estate Cocktail Purse","description":"✦ Vintage MM Kane Black Beaded \u0026amp; Sequin Evening Clutch — 1960s ✦\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA beautiful mid-century cocktail clutch by MM Kane (M.M. Kane) — one of \u003cbr\u003ethe most recognized labels in vintage hand-beaded evening bags, produced \u003cbr\u003ein Hong Kong during the 1950s and 1960s. These clutches were sold through \u003cbr\u003eAmerican department stores and worn at galas, weddings, holiday parties, \u003cbr\u003eand formal dinners throughout the post-war era.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis piece features a stunning all-over hand-beaded and sequined surface \u003cbr\u003ewith raised \"starburst\" or floral medallion motifs in jet-black bugle \u003cbr\u003ebeads, set against a base of cupped black sequins layered with tiny seed \u003cbr\u003ebeads. The combination creates a richly textured, light-catching surface \u003cbr\u003ethat shimmers beautifully under evening light.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e✦ PROVENANCE — THE SCHOLAR'S ESTATE COLLECTION ✦\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis clutch comes from the estate of a scholarly Pacific Northwest \u003cbr\u003ecouple — the husband a historian with degrees from a leading East Coast \u003cbr\u003euniversity, the wife a graduate of the University of Paris in French \u003cbr\u003eLanguage and Civilization. A piece like this would have been carried \u003cbr\u003eto formal university functions, faculty receptions, and evenings out \u003cbr\u003ein Cambridge, Paris, or Seattle during the 1960s — quietly elegant, \u003cbr\u003ebeautifully made, and a perfect match for the cultivated tastes of its \u003cbr\u003eoriginal owner.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is part of an ongoing curated release from the same estate. \u003cbr\u003ePlease follow SWCurated to see other pieces from \"The Scholar's Estate \u003cbr\u003eCollection.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e✦ DATING \u0026amp; AUTHENTICATION ✦\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMultiple period-correct details confirm a 1960s production date:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \"MM KANE\" maker's mark stamped on the snap closure (clearly legible)\u003cbr\u003e- \"Made in Hong Kong\" construction typical of MM Kane's 1950s-60s output\u003cbr\u003e- YKK-marked interior zipper — YKK opened its first US office in New \u003cbr\u003e  York in 1960, and YKK zippers became standard in American-imported \u003cbr\u003e  Hong Kong goods through the 1960s, dating this piece firmly to that \u003cbr\u003e  decade\u003cbr\u003e- Hand-finished beaded edge trim throughout (a hallmark of higher-end \u003cbr\u003e  Hong Kong beadwork before mass-production techniques took over in \u003cbr\u003e  the 1970s)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e✦ DESIGN DETAILS ✦\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- All-over hand-beaded and sequined construction (front, back, and gusset)\u003cbr\u003e- Raised three-dimensional starburst\/floral motifs in bugle beads on \u003cbr\u003e  both sides — the front features a single large central medallion, \u003cbr\u003e  the back features five smaller scattered motifs\u003cbr\u003e- Beaded edge trim along all seams — a beautiful hand-finishing detail\u003cbr\u003e- Black satin flap interior\u003cbr\u003e- Branded snap closure marked \"MM KANE\"\u003cbr\u003e- Black satin lining with interior zip pocket (a higher-quality feature \u003cbr\u003e  not seen on all MM Kane clutches)\u003cbr\u003e- YKK-marked interior zipper, fully functional\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e✦ DIMENSIONS ✦\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- Width: approximately 8.75\" (22 cm)\u003cbr\u003e- Height: approximately 4.25\" (11 cm) folded\u003cbr\u003e- Depth: approximately 0.5\" (1.5 cm) — designed as a slim formal clutch\u003cbr\u003e- Weight: 5 oz (140 g)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHolds the essentials — phone, lipstick, ID, cards, small compact, \u003cbr\u003etissue. True to vintage clutch proportions.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e✦ CONDITION ✦\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eExcellent vintage condition with beautiful preservation:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- All beadwork and sequins remain intact and securely attached — no \u003cbr\u003e  significant losses\u003cbr\u003e- Snap closure works firmly and the \"MM KANE\" maker's mark is clearly \u003cbr\u003e  legible\u003cbr\u003e- Interior YKK zipper functions smoothly\u003cbr\u003e- Satin lining shows minor surface marks from age and gentle past use \u003cbr\u003e  (see photos) — does not affect functionality\u003cbr\u003e- Light wear to the inside flap edges (typical for clutches of this age)\u003cbr\u003e- No tears, no holes, no odors\u003cbr\u003e- From a smoke-free home\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA well-preserved example of a classic mid-century beaded clutch, ready \u003cbr\u003eto be carried again or displayed as a vintage fashion piece.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e✦ ABOUT MM KANE ✦\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMM Kane (also marked \"M.M. Kane\" or \"Kane M\") was an American importer \u003cbr\u003eof hand-beaded evening bags manufactured in Hong Kong during the 1950s \u003cbr\u003eand 1960s — a golden era for hand-beadwork when skilled Hong Kong \u003cbr\u003eartisans produced thousands of intricate beaded clutches for the \u003cbr\u003eAmerican formal-wear market. MM Kane bags were sold in upscale \u003cbr\u003edepartment stores and remain prized by vintage fashion collectors today \u003cbr\u003efor their quality construction, dense beadwork, and signature \u003cbr\u003esnap-closure maker's mark.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e✦ PERFECT FOR ✦\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- Vintage and mid-century fashion collectors\u003cbr\u003e- Black-tie weddings, galas, holiday parties\u003cbr\u003e- Gatsby \/ Art Deco \/ Old Hollywood themed events\u003cbr\u003e- Cocktail attire and Little Black Dress styling\u003cbr\u003e- Wedding \"something old\" tradition\u003cbr\u003e- Display as a vintage fashion piece\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e✦ SHIPPING \u0026amp; HANDLING ✦\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- Shipped via USPS Ground Advantage with tracking\u003cbr\u003e- Carefully wrapped in tissue and bubble mailer to protect beadwork\u003cbr\u003e- Processing time: 3-5 business days\u003cbr\u003e- International shipping available — please contact for a quote\u003cbr\u003e- Sold as-is from a smoke-free home\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e✦ FROM THE SAME ESTATE ✦\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA pair of vintage Japanese Kamakura-bori carved wood plaques, signed \u003cbr\u003eby the artist Harada Sōzan, is also available from this estate — please \u003cbr\u003evisit our shop to see other listings from \"The Scholar's Estate \u003cbr\u003eCollection.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e✦ Thank you for visiting SWCurated — where each piece carries its story. ✦","brand":"SW Curated","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49026423390460,"sku":"ced_31582977325","price":85.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0736\/6053\/0940\/files\/il_fullxfull.8004345067_guhe.jpg?v=1777317424","url":"https:\/\/swcurated.com\/products\/vintage-mm-kane-black-beaded-sequin-clutch-1960s-hand-beaded-evening-bag-floral-star-burst-pattern-scholar-estate-cocktail-purse","provider":"SW Curated","version":"1.0","type":"link"}