Vanity Set, "Rond" Pattern | Yale University Art Gallery

1928–35

On view, 3rd floor, Modern and Contemporary Art and Design

Medium: Amerith and Amer-glo
Dimensions: shoe horn: 1/4 × 5 7/8 × 1 1/2 in. (0.6 × 14.9 × 3.8 cm)
comb: 1/4 × 1 3/4 × 7 1/2 in. (0.6 × 4.4 × 19.1 cm)
hand mirror: 3/8 × 5 3/4 × 10 7/8 in. (1 × 14.6 × 27.6 cm)
hair brush: 1 3/8 × 4 × 6 5/8 in. (3.5 × 10.2 × 16.8 cm)
nail buffer (in box): 1 3/4 × 5 7/8 × 1 1/4 in. (4.4 × 14.9 × 3.2 cm)
powder jar (with lid): 2 7/8 × 5 1/4 × 5 1/4 in. (7.3 × 13.3 × 13.3 cm)
Credit Line: John C. Waddell Collection, Gift of John C. Waddell, B.A. 1959
Accession Number: 2012.124.10.1-.6a-b
Geography: Designed in New York, New York, Manufactured in Newark, New Jersey
Culture: American
Period: 20th century
Classification: Tools and Equipment
Disclaimer: Note: This electronic record was created from historic documentation that does not necessarily reflect the Yale University Art Gallery’s complete or current knowledge about the object. Review and updating of records is ongoing.

Provenance

Purchased by John C. Waddell, New York, 2001

Bibliography

John Stuart Gordon et al., A Modern World: American Design from the Yale University Art Gallery, 1920–1950 (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 2011), 285, no. 192.

John Stuart Gordon, "At Home in Modernism: The John C. Waddell Collection of American Design," The Magazine Antiques (May/June 2012): 125, fig. 7.

Object copyright

In Copyright

Additional information

Marks

"ROND / [image of stone arch] / AMERITH" stamped either on handle or underside of each piece

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