Via fellow internet peripatetic and caretaker Messy Nessy Chic, we directed towards an archive of antique blueprints for perfume bottles from a forgotten French crystal works was rescued from an abandoned factory. The firm, rising to prominence and one of the nation’s leading glass manufacturers after the end of World War I and the following the emancipation of women with the right for political representation was active from 1921 until dissolution in 1936 during the Great Depression when demand for fineries and luxury items collapsed. The illustrations that include exquisitely detailed of Art Deco cut-glass bottles and atomisers made for fragrances all over the world as well as the company’s catalogue of vases and drinkware. Much more at the links above.
synchronoptica
one year ago: the national park of Greenland (with synchronoptica), newest batch of emoji, the perishable internet plus a hospital’s wine cellars
seven years ago: all equal under the law plus a missile launch facility immediately mothballed
eight years ago: Trump in the Middle East, the people’s pope plus an elevated walkway in Seoul
nine years ago: art in transit, early USSR rocket tests plus a visit to Seaford
ten years ago: a visit to Dotzheim, more on keyboard dining tray inserts plus memeplexes
