{"product_id":"9788891817945","title":"A A Vanity Affair: L'art du nécessaire","description":"Author: Rainero, Pierre\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9788891817945\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Rizzoli International\u003cbr\u003eYear First Published: 2019\u003cbr\u003ePages: 336\u003cbr\u003eDimensions: 13.583 inches x 10.787 inches x 1.693 inches\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Hardback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDescription: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis elegant and richly illustrated volume, featuring a slipcase and gilded page edges, showcases a rare private collection of vanity cases and includes an exquisite array of luxury accessories from the nineteenth century to the twentieth century. These vanity cases, carefully designed and mostly handmade, became covetable accessories with the advent of beauty products.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe vanity case, the ultimate jewelled fashion accessory, was designed and made mostly in Paris by skilled designers and craftsmen who understood that the fashionable modern woman needed a practical solution for carrying lipstick, powder compact, cigarettes, lighter, theatre tickets, keys, and other small paraphernalia. Tiny, 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"To order - ships in 1 to 3 months","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42502333563038,"sku":"HPC-9788891817945","price":298.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/products\/9788891817945.jpg?v=1679207161","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9788891817945","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}