Object Details
- Description
- Vanity case composed of polished gold with white and black enamel trim, the central square motif depicting two birds within a floral scene applied with enamel, framed by a diamond border, the sides applied with black enamel in the form of meandering vines, with diamond and enamel thumbpiece, suspended from a black enamel, diamond and gold chain supported by a diamond-set ring; interior fitted with a mirror, powder compartment, and two lipstick sections, one with detachable lipstick holder
- Data Source
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Producer
- Cartier, French, founded 1847
- Manufacturer
- Henri Lavabre, French
- Date
- ca. 1930
- Credit Line
- Lent by Private Collection
- Medium
- Gold, enamel, diamonds, mirrored plate glass
- Dimensions
- L x W x D: 8 × 4.5 × 1.2 cm (3 1/8 × 1 3/4 × 1/2 in.)
- Type
- containers
- Exhibitions
- Vanity Case
