Jean Patou boutique box
Applied Arts
Inventory number
2021.9.13.2ab.AA.BX.C1924.FR
Author:
House of Jean Patou (French, founded 1914)
Description
Large Art Deco design cardboard box "Le coin des riens" (The corner of nothings) by the designer Jean PATOU, covered with canson type paper, painted with stencils nuanced with golden reflections on a black background. The top is decorated with a round green medallion with a rectangular picture representing three putti angels in the sky, holding an inscription "La Mode est Reine" (The fashion is the queen).
Materials
Cardboard
Paper
Origin
circa 1924
Paris, France
Dimensions
Width : 21 cm
Length : 30.5 cm
Height : 7.5 cm