Vanity Affair

Author: David Linley and Diana Scarisbrick

This is the ultimate illustrated guide to the most exquisite vanity cases from the nineteenth century onward; an unmissable opportunity for lovers of jewellery and fashion.

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This is the ultimate illustrated guide to the most exquisite vanity cases from the nineteenth century onward; an unmissable opportunity for lovers of jewellery and fashion.

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This elegant and richly illustrated volume, featuring a slipcase and gilded page edges, showcases a rare private collection of vanity cases and includes an exquisite array of luxury accessories from the nineteenth century to the twentieth century. These vanity cases, carefully designed and mostly handmade, became covetable accessories with the advent of beauty products.

The vanity case, the ultimate jewelled fashion accessory, was designed and made mostly in Paris by skilled designers and craftsmen who understood that the fashionable modern woman needed a practical solution for carrying lipstick, powder compact, cigarettes, lighter, theatre tickets, keys, and other small paraphernalia. Tiny, 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.

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“"...this book is a treasure you will want to have and go back to over and over again." -- FORBES.COM”

"...this book is a treasure you will want to have and go back to over and over again." —FORBES.COM

About the Author

Pierre Rainero is the director of Image, Style, and Heritage at Cartier.

Béatrice de Plinval is the curator of the museum and archives of Chaumet, Paris-based watchmaker and jeweller.

Bernhard Berger is the head of Cartier Tradition, the division of Cartier that specialises in vintage pieces from before 1970.

Product Details

Publisher

Mondadori Electa

Published

3rd September 2019

Pages

320

ISBN

9788891817945

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