1930 GIRAUD FILS ANCIENNE POUDRE ODORANTIS BOITE COMPACTE - PARIS MUSÉE DU PARFUM collection VINTAGE

From Private Collection of Rare Powders and Powder Compacts

ODORANTIS

PRESSED POWDER COMPACT

pre 1930s GIRAUD FILS ANTIQUE ODORANTIS POWDER COMPACT with ORIGINAL BOX

PARIS

Made inFashionofArt DecoEra of the 1919-1930s

(ART DECO is AN INTERNATIONAL DECORATIVE STYLE FROM 1919-1939)

Knows as Le Style Moderne or Jazz Moderne

THE SAME COMPACT with OFF-WHITE PRESSED POWDER is ON DISPLAY @ theMUSÉE DU PARFUM FRAGONARDinparis[ 9 rue Scribe, 75009, Paris ]

ACCORDINGTO THE ATTACHED AD, the COMPACT was made byGIRAUD FILS(FRENCH PERFUMER) between 1928-1930,the attached AD is from 1930 (not for sale)

Giraud Filslaunched the Odorantis brand in the late 1920sincollaboration with Volupte, and he namedhis 1stPressed Powders:Odorantis(see 1930s Ad)

Thepower case measures 5.5 cm (2 1/8 inches) in diameter.

The upperpaper-machelid designed in gold andviolettaArt Decopattern. The interior reveals glass mirror in gold-metal frame and gold paper-mache powder well. Atthe base of mirror inscribed: J p Giraud Fils PARIS over gold-leaf metal and Frenchpaper-mache (of that exceptional old quality).The powder wellcontained the original white pressed powder instripedpattern that isseparatedon one sidefrom the rest, (the larger part isstill inthe powder well). The powder well is covered with unused original puff withJ Giraud Fils inscription, and is inpristine antique condition for its age. The base is in gold-leaf paper-mache, inscribed:

ODORANTISin Rachel Fonce

J p Giraud Fils (in monogramed pressed logo)

Made in Paris

The compact comes in its 1930s original box, that isshows a very light shelf wear at the base,

the upper lid designed in a flapper style withoutclasp, however, its closes well, the box is inscribed with

1800COMPACTE

ODORANTIS

J Giraud Fils,Paris,France

Jean Giraud et Filswas the Parisian perfumer whoinherited business from his father, who designed perfumesenses and essential oils in Parisin 1900s for the upper classclientele

Providence:

unknown

1960-1990 private collector (RI)

1990- 2020 private collector (NYC)

2020-2023 in the Collection ofArt Studio

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