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A Kind of Magic: Art Deco Vanity Cases (Hardcover)
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A Kind of Magic: Art Deco Vanity Cases (Hardcover)
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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 jazz. Fashion 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 person. Made 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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