Vintage Compacts & Beauty Accessories

by Lynell Schwartz

Book Overview

A unique and exciting array of vintage compacts, vanity purses, and cosmetics is displayed in this new book featuring over 500 photographs. Figurals, novelties, whimsicals, vanity purses, enameled, jeweled, patters, plis, necessaires, makeup kits, beauty boxes, and compact jewelry constructed of such materials as metal, Bakelite, Lucite, and celluloid are among the outstanding examples explored. This in-depth historical account of these fascinating...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0764301101
• ISBN13: 9780764301100
• Release Date: April 1997
• Publisher: Schiffer Publishing
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 2.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 8.7" x 11.3"