Lipstick Holder resembling abstact figure
Date: 1955-1975
Inventory Number: MUS-117-0004
Classification: Container
Subject:
City of Use:
Dimensions:
entire object: 10.5 × 1.7 × 1.7 cm (4 1/8 × 11/16 × 11/16 in.)
top half: 6.7 × 1.7 × 1.7 cm (2 5/8 × 11/16 × 11/16 in.)
botton half: 4.1 × 1.7 × 1.7 cm (1 5/8 × 11/16 × 11/16 in.)
Description:
Metal lipstick tube holder made using paper mache over a patented metal container then hand painted and coated in a finish. The top half is sculpted from wood to represent an abstract female figure and is painted and finshed to match the rest of the object. String has been applied to further detail the figure form.
In Collection(s)
Signedon the bottom, painted: illegible
Inscribedon bottom half interior metal strip, engraved: U.S. PAT. NO. 2,565,346 and 2,609,092
Functionrefillable lipstick case designed to be a decorative accessory
Historical AttributesThe armature of the case is a Revlon Futurama case
These cases were first produced in 1955 designed by famed jewelers Van Cleef and Arpels for Revlon.
Created in the style of paper mache artist Gemma Taccogna's lipstick container.
The inside of the case are the US patent numbers 2,565,346 and 2,609,092.
These cases were first produced in 1955 designed by famed jewelers Van Cleef and Arpels for Revlon.
Created in the style of paper mache artist Gemma Taccogna's lipstick container.
The inside of the case are the US patent numbers 2,565,346 and 2,609,092.
Curatorial RemarksParts are chipping off to reveal text from the paper used to paper mache.
Interior smells of lipstick, is stained, and has deposits from actually having lipstick in the container.
Interior smells of lipstick, is stained, and has deposits from actually having lipstick in the container.
ProvenanceFound in car console after being purchased at an unknown location.
Published References"Hello Dolly: Anna Sui Fall 2018". 2020. The Makeup Museum. https://www.makeupmuseum.org/home/2018/10/anna-sui-fall-2018.html.
profile, View. 2020. "Gemma Taccogna". Mid2mod.Blogspot.Com. http://mid2mod.blogspot.com/2014/10/gemma-taccogna.html.
"Lipstick Prophesy: Revlon Futurama". 2020. The Makeup Museum. https://www.makeupmuseum.org/home/2020/03/revlon-futurama-lipstick-history.html.
"Revlon Lipstick Case By Lynn | Ebay". 2020. Ebay. https://www.ebay.com/itm/Revlon-Lipstick-Case-by-Lynn-/303226768081.