Powder Puff Collection

The Toilet of Lampito, 1896. Artist: Aubrey Beardsley
The Toilet of Lampito, 1896. Illustration from Lysistrata by Aristophanes

Toilet of Helen, La Belle Hélène, 1914. Creator: Bryson Burroughs
Toilet of Helen, La Belle Helene, 1914. Helen of Troy making herself up at a very modern looking dressing-table while Troy burns in the background

The Milliner, 1746. Creator: Francois Boucher
The Milliner, 1746. A seller of trimmings for hats and her client

Affiche pour la Poudre de Riz "la Diaphane". c1898. Creator: Jules Cheret
Affiche pour la Poudre de Riz "la Diaphane". c1898. [Publisher: Imprimerie Chaix; Place: Paris]

Cover Design for The Yellow Book, Vol III, 1894. Creator: Aubrey Beardsley
Cover Design for The Yellow Book, Vol III, 1894. The conceit of using two street lamps for the lighting of a ladys toilet mirror was the sort of anomaly that puzzled

Tailpiece, 1893. Creator: Aubrey Beardsley
Tailpiece, 1893. Alternate title: The Burial of Salome. A Pierrot-like figure and a satyr lower the naked body of Salome into a coffin in the shape of a powder box

The Toilette of Salome, I, 1893. Creator: Aubrey Beardsley
The Toilette of Salome, I, 1893. A naked Salome sits in front of a mirror as a masked figure tends to her hair. A page holds a tray of refreshments

Cosmetic powder puff from Maes Millinery Shop, 1941-1994
A pink circular powder puff made from two layers of faux fur filled with soft foam and found in 2010.6.54.1ab. Mae Reeves (1912-2016)

L aveu difficile (The Difficult Confession), 1787. Creator: Jean Francois Janinet
L aveu difficile (The Difficult Confession), 1787

Morning. Creator: G E Petit
Morning. After Francois Boucher

Doris Beresford, British actress, c1900s(?). Artist: Rapid Photo Company
Doris Beresford, British actress, c1900s(?)

A Gentlemans Dressing Room, 1771. Artist: J Golder
A Gentlemans Dressing Room, 1771. Illustration from Social Caricature in the Eighteenth Century... With over two hundred illustrations by George Paston [pseudonym of Emily Morse Symonds], (London)

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