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Compacts and cosmetics - beauty from victorian times to the present day

Madeleine Marsh (Author)
Social history of women's romance with compacts and cosmetics. Asks why compacts were one of the few acceptable gifts from potential partners. Includes top makes and designers, plus vintage advertising, museums, specialist dealers and auctions.
Print Book, English, 2014
Oxford University Press, 2014
256 sidor ; 24.5 cm
9781473822948, 1473822947
1023180550