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Le nouveau bréviaire de la beauté / G. Clarks

Maison Clarks · 1920 · Paris : G. Clarks · 102 pictures

A 1920 Paris beauty manual titled Le nouveau bréviaire de la beauté, published by G. Clarks under the Maison Clarks name and aimed at women interested in cosmetics and personal grooming. Its pictures are pen-and-ink line drawings with solid black areas, showing women at dressing tables, mirrors and chairs in Art Deco interiors, and a designer could borrow their stylised poses, flat black silhouettes and elegant period furnishings for vintage fashion or cosmetics layouts.

Cosmetics -- France -- Paris · Beauty, Personal -- France -- Paris

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