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A Kind Of Magic: Art Deco Vanity Cases
After 1918 post-war euphoria spread across Europe and America Technology was changing the pace of life and aeroplanes motorcars and ocean liners were making the world a smaller place with improved communications Some were making their fortunes and for those who could afford it it was an exciting time of cocktail parties nightclubs and jazzFashion was Paris elegance the Paris Expo of 1925 and Art Deco with the lure of the avant-garde; but much of the wealth was in America represented by the jazz age glamour The Great Gatsby and Hollywood And the emancipated wealthy fashionable woman of means wanted newly-designed jewellery and accessories decorated with contemporary motifs to reflect her new status The vanity case the ultimate jewelled fashion accessory was designed and made mostly in Paris
by the skilled designers and craftsmen who understood that the fashionable modern woman needed a practical solution to containing her lipstick powder compact cigarettes lighter theatre tickets keys and all the other small paraphernalia about her personMade of precious metals including platinum and gold with inlays of lacquer gemstones mother of pearl jade or enamel these &reticules& took hundreds of hours of patient craftsmanship to complete and were very very expensive Objects of desire to be passed round and shown off at gatherings of the super-rich they became miniature status symbols to be seen with at the opera or restaurant
by the skilled designers and craftsmen who understood that the fashionable modern woman needed a practical solution to containing her lipstick powder compact cigarettes lighter theatre tickets keys and all the other small paraphernalia about her personMade of precious metals including platinum and gold with inlays of lacquer gemstones mother of pearl jade or enamel these &reticules& took hundreds of hours of patient craftsmanship to complete and were very very expensive Objects of desire to be passed round and shown off at gatherings of the super-rich they became miniature status symbols to be seen with at the opera or restaurant
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