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Ultra vanities : minaudiلeres, nلecessaires and compacts

Etherington-Smith, Meredith, author

Overview

Exquisite jeweled minaudieres, necessaires, and compacts from the l8th to the 21st centuries are photographed and displayed here in great detail and set within the social and fashion contexts of their creation. Original archive photographs showcase the social leaders, stage and cinema stars, and fashion leaders who carried these exquisite little accessories as indispensable adjuncts to their glamorous lives. These triumphs of the jewelers art were designed to rest glittering on cocktail bars and grand dining tables. They were tiny but also extremely useful as is revealed in detailed photos of their highly engineered interiors. These little boxes were capable of carrying everything a woman might need during the course of an evening which might start at the Ritz and end at Bricktops Jazz Club -- everything from a lipstick, to a powder compact, to a comb, even a cigarette and lighter, hence their generic name of necessaire.

• Publisher: Double-Barrelled Books
• Subject: 1900-1999 / Compacts (Cosmetics) History 20th century Pictorial works. / Cosmetics containers History 20th century Pictorial works. / Powder boxes (Cosmetics containers) History 20th century Pictorial works. / Handbags History 20th century Pictorial works. / Fashion History 20th century Pictorial works. / Compacts (Cosmetics) / Cosmetics containers. / Fashion. / Handbags. / Powder boxes (Cosmetics containers) / Compacts (Cosmetics) History Pictorial works. 20th century. / Cosmetics containers History Pictorial works. 20th century. / Handbags History Pictorial works. 20th century. / Fashion History Pictorial works. 20th century.
• ISBN: 9780957150027, 0957150024

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Call Number	Copies	Material	Location
NK4890.C65 E85 2013	1	BOOK	ARTS