Powder compact
Object Details
- Designer
- Elsa Peretti, Italian, 1940-2021
- Manufacturer
- Max Factor, New York, New York, USA
- For
- Halston Enterprises, Inc.
- Catalogue Status
- Research in Progress
- Description
- Irregular heart-shaped case with contoured lid; opens clam shell-style to reveal mirror on inside of lid and circular cake of flesh-toned face powder in base. Indented finger grip on rim edge at right near base of heart.
- Credit Line
- Gift of Halston Enterprises, Inc.
- 1978
- Accession Number
- 1978-123-2
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- metalwork
- Decorative Arts
- Powder compact
- Medium
- Silver-plated metal, mirror
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 1.8 x 9.8 x 7.2 cm (11/16 x 3 7/8 x 2 13/16 in.)
- made in
- New York, New York, USA
- See more items in
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
- Product Design and Decorative Arts Department
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Record ID
- chndm_1978-123-2
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Not determined
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4c40a1b6d-c233-4394-a37e-1a7f8049228c
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