" Exquisite jewelled minaudieres, necessaires and compacts from the l8th to the 21st. centuries, photographed in great detail are set within the social and fashion contexts of their creation, through original archive photographs of the social leaders, the stars of the stage and cinema and the fashion leaders who carried these exquisite little accessories as indispensable adjuncts to their glamorous lives.
These triumphs of the jewellers' art were designed to rest glittering on cocktail bars and grand dining tables. They were tiny but they were also extremely useful as is revealed in the form of their highly engineered interiors shown in detail here. 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 Bricktop's Jazz Club - everything from a lipstick, to a powder compact, to a comb, even a cigarette and lighter hence their generic name of 'necessaire'. "
Plus de cinquante minaudières et autres accessoires très bien mis en page sur fond noir...
Boivin, Boucheron, Buccellati, Cartier, Chanteloup, Chaumet, Coty, Doucet, Fabergé, Graff, Lacloche Frères, Lanvin, Mauboussin, Ostertag, Rosine, Schlumberger, Tiffany, Van Cleef & Arpels, Webb, Worth...
Et pour compléter cette atmosphère chic : Louise Brooks, Marlene Dietrich, Mistinguett, Marilyn Monroe, Grace Kelly, la princesse Margaret, Audrey Hepburn, des dessins de Lepape et de René Gruau...
.Fabricants
Londres, Double-Barrelled Books, 2013, 24.9 x 29.8 cm, cartonnage rouge, jaquette illustrée, 152 pages.
9780957150027
TEXTE EN ANGLAIS
librairie couleur du temps, Double-Barrelled Books, mode, fashion, minaudière, sac, pochette, poudrier, accessoire, nécessaire, maquillage, make-up, joaillerie, réticule,
rouge à lèvres, godet à
fard,
fume-cigarette,
montre,
face-à-main,
clefs, art déco, cubisme,
