Poirier makeup box

Description (Brief):

A purse-size makeup box made of light brown ivory-grain celluloid. It has a mirror on the back. The box is for eye makeup and is so marked. An image of a flapper holding a folding fan with the word "Poirier" decorates the lid.

Date Made: 1920-1929

Location: Currently not on view

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Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: 2006.0098.1685Catalog Number: 2006.0098.1685Accession Number: 2006.0098

Object Name: makeup box

Physical Description: cellulose nitrate (overall material)glass (mirror material)Measurements: overall: 1.2 cm x 8 cm x 5.4 cm; 1/2 in x 3 1/8 in x 2 1/8 inoverall: 5/8 in x 2 3/16 in x 3 5/16 in; 1.5875 cm x 5.55625 cm x 8.41375 cm

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ac-a07b-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_1348346

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