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Tag Archives: Jean Patou
What a great mantle-piece
The fashion plate featured here is one of Jean Patou’s “mantles” as advertised in the “Art Gout Beaute” fashion magazine ca. 1922 Art-Gout-Beaute (aka “Art, Good Taste and Beauty“) ran from the 1920s-1930s. Considered more “vogue than Vogue,” this expensive … Continue reading
Posted in Illustrations, Paintings, Textiles
Tagged #ArtDeco, 1920s, Art Gout Beaute magazine, Jean Patou
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Seventy-Seven (it’s not Sunset Strip)
It is apparently seventy-seven (77) years since the French designer Jean Patou died. Interestingly, seventy-seven happens to be the smallest positive integer requiring five syllables in English and the number of digits of the 12th perfect number. It is also the number … Continue reading
Posted in Glass, Perfume Bottles
Tagged cardigan, Câline, Henri Alméras, Huile de Chaldée, Jean Patou, Joy, Maison Parry, perfume, perfume bottle design
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