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Source Description
One of the most celebrated Parisian designers of jewelry and luxurious accessories, Jean Schlumberger created this compact during the height of popularity for the sunny French Riviera. From the beach clubs of St. Tropez to the casinos of Monte Carlo, fashionable women wore jewels and powdered their noses both night and day. The seashell motif no doubt appealed to such society mavens, enjoying the post-war prosperity of France in the 1950s.
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Document identity
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380106
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Seashell (Coquillage) Compact
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380106
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title
Seashell (Coquillage) Compact
description
One of the most celebrated Parisian designers of jewelry and luxurious accessories, Jean Schlumberger created this compact during the height of popularity for the sunny French Riviera. From the beach clubs of St. Tropez to the casinos of Monte Carlo, fashionable women wore jewels and powdered their noses both night and day. The seashell motif no doubt appealed to such society mavens, enjoying the post-war prosperity of France in the 1950s.
date
c. 1953–56
rights
Copyrighted
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Copyrighted
language
en
wikidata
Q87481600
creators
380254
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Jewelry
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import
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Overall: 33 x 25.4 x 10.2 cm (13 x 10 x 4 in.)
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France
accession
2020.203
Source extras
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18 karat gold
tombstone
Seashell (Coquillage) Compact, c. 1953–56. Jean Schlumberger (French, 1907–1987). 18 karat gold; overall: 33 x 25.4 x 10.2 cm (13 x 10 x 4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Nancy F. and Joseph P. Keithley Collection Gift, 2020.203
collection
Decorative Arts
inscriptions
inscription
Marked, interior lid: SCHLUMBERGER-3-
didYouKnow
A billowy powder puff made of snow white down plucked from a French swan nestles within this solid gold compact.
citations
citation
Ducamp, Emmanuel. "Austrian and French Decorative Arts." In <em>The Keithley Collection at the Cleveland Museum of Art, </em>edited by Heather Lemonedes Brown, 46-49, 60-61,150-151, 184-185. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 2022.
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Mentioned and reproduced: p. 150-151; Mentioned: p. 271-272
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Nancy F. and Joseph P. Keithley Collection Gift
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2026-06-11 12:17:40.949000
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380106
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Decorative Art and Design
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Decorative Arts
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18 karat gold
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LGBTQ+ (after 1900)
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