A kind of magic
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  alternate name: Art deco--Collectors and collecting
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  alternate name: Dress accessories--Collectors and collecting
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  alternate name: Dress accessories
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  alternate name: Art deco--Collectors and collecting
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  alternate name: Dress accessories--History--20th century
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  alternate name: Dress accessories--Collectors and collecting
about: https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/320126880
about: https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/320129208
about: https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/320129662
about: https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/320131337
abstract: "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."--
contributor: https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/310192995
contributor: https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/310192996
contributor: https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/311118185
creator: https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/310192994
language: eng
temporal coverage: 1900-1999
work example: https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/301282096

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property ID: NL-AmRIJ
value: 282096