Collecting Art Deco Compacts

Art Deco compacts distilled modern glamour into palm-sized objects of precision and color. From the late 1920s through the early 1930s, makers transformed powder cases into miniature works of design, with bold geometry, luminous enamel, and clever engineering. Carried to theaters, restaurants, and dance floors, these compacts became jewelry you could use, a daily ritual rendered in metal, light, and pattern.