![Here we have an octagonal, pyramid-shaped perfume bottle. Made of dark blue molded glass, it is overall symmetrical in body and has an elegant gold accent underneath the matching octagonal pyramid stopper. Gently tapering upward, underneath the bottle's neck there is a straight geometric band sandwiching a rectangle motif, and the word 'Agnes' carved into the front. Sloping inward in one continuous piece, the neck transitions into a stout cylinder shape with a gold tie around it. Above that is a thin octongal layer, another small, cylindrical division for the continuing gold tie, and finally the bottle's stopper on top. The stopper is the same shape and has the same angled cuts as the pyramid body, just a smaller version.The neck's divisions seem to be for the gold tie's ornamentation and layered tying. The texture of string or even straw, the tie winds tightly around the first cylinder on the neck, and forms a v shape as it transitions into the second cylindrical division. At the end of the tie, along the main pyramid's body, the tie hangs loosely with a spade-shape gold logo. The logo is embossed with curtain ropes and sits underneath a simple wave and leaf design, framing the words [Alleluia d'Amour, Agnes, Paris]. Under the logo, the tie frays and unravels in a neat fan.]( https://images.collection.cooperhewitt.org/325316_79a41b5a1189eb41_b.jpg
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Object ID #907216363
This is a Perfume Flacon.
This object is not part of the Cooper Hewitt's permanent collection. It was able to spend time at the museum on loan from Anonymous as part of The Jazz Age: American Style in the 1920s.
The fashion and perfume industries gained momentum as a result of the new, public lifestyles of women in the 1920s. Designers developed particular scents to be associated with their clothes. Parisian milliner Madame Agnès created Alléluia d’Amour in 1925, hiring Jean Dunand to design the bottle.
It is credited Christie Mayer Lefkowith Collection.
![This is a small, clear glass perfume bottle. It is wide on the sides with subtle, symmetrical cuts and, from the front, is shaped like an upside-down umbrella. On the front, a brown, crest-like shape with the word [Shalimar] sits in the middle. The body has a clear glass foot as base support, also with angled cuts. The body tapers dramatically inward toward a small neck and its stopper: a fan-like shape made of blue glass with the words in cursive script [Guerlain, Paris].](https://images.collection.cooperhewitt.org/120866_e3d56d0e5a290728_n.jpg "Object ID #18401045")
- Object ID #18401045
- molded glass, enamel.
- Gift of Guerlain, Inc..
- 1954-33-1-a,b
- Drawing, Architectural Fantasy: A Circular Temple on a Truncated Pyramid
- brush and gray and brown wash, over black chalk on off-white laid paper with....
- Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.
- 1911-28-506
- Opening Night Perfume Bottle
- glass, plastic, paper.
- Gift of Monique Fink in memory of Peter Fink.
- 1991-61-2-a/d
Our curators have highlighted 3 objects that are related to this one.
![Here we have an elegant, pyramid-like perfume bottle with black glass enamel and accented gold gilding placed on a small, square black tray. The four sloping, black enamel sides emerge from the upright, low, gilded base. On the shiny black enamel is an intricate gold floral bouquet decoration with leaves, rose, and foliage forms. Around the top neck are two thin rolls of gold gilding that widen toward the cap. The cap is a unique pyramid shape with four pointed corners and is also gilded. Accompanying the perfume bottle is a square, gold box with a slanted top and cursive inscription [Hattie Carnegie].](https://images.collection.cooperhewitt.org/311335_1a0943436856e6d7_n.jpg "Object ID #1108722045")
- Object ID #1108722045
- gilded and enameled glass.
- Christie Mayer Lefkowith Collection.
- 69.2016.7
- Object ID #907130269
- ceramic.
- Stephen E. Kelly/Kelly Gallery, New York.
- 38.2016.1a,b
- Object ID #907216367
- molded and gilded glass.
- Christie Mayer Lefkowith Collection.
- 69.2016.6
Its dimensions are
Height: 5.1 inches
This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition The Jazz Age: American Style in the 1920s.
