A Kind of Magic

Art Deco Vanity Cases

Sarah Hue-Williams, Peter Edwards

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English

UNICORN
04 October 2017

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.

By: Sarah Hue-Williams, Peter Edwards
Imprint: UNICORN
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 269mm, Width: 224mm,
ISBN: 9781910787816
ISBN 10: 1910787817
Pages: 192
Publication Date: 04 October 2017
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Sarah Hue-Williams is a freelance gemmologist, jewellery historian and lecturer. Winner of the Anderson Medal for Gemmology, she is a Fellow of the Gemmological Association of Great Britain and author of Christie's Guide to Jewellery and, with Raymond Sancroft-Baker, Hidden Gems, Jewellery Stories from the Saleroom. Peter Edwards is London's leading dealer in fine Art Deco and 20th-century jewellery.

Reviews for A Kind of Magic: Art Deco Vanity Cases

"""This wide-ranging book is brightly designed with visually stunning layouts, combining photos, illustrations, and art to reflect the themes of the book, and the times it is meant to invoke. Meticulously researched and laid out, the book's main themes are not only the rise of the Art Deco movement, placing that artistic venture in the context of its time, but also the rise of the woman and her reimagined role in society.""--Moira Murphy ""The Journal of Dress History"""