Deco Practicality

Here are a few shots of the functional and practical all dolled up in their very Art Deco - Jadeite Green best, taken on our excursion to the Max Factor/Hollywood Museum.

I loved this wonderful, over the top Deco balustrade at the base of the main staircase. It would have been so fun to have grabbed this for support on a daily basis...I felt quite Hollywood-ish just doing so once.

This is Jean Harlow's very Deco cigarette box (a practical necessity in her day), which she kept on her coffee table. It's a miracle this shot came out given the no flash rule. This is about as Art Deco as it gets, just beautiful...I wonder if it still carries the scent of tobacco.

And finally, the ladies bathroom on the third floor, which was reserved for Max Factor employees. I would have loved to have seen the fancy bathroom reserved for the starlets, I hope it's been kept as true to original as this one has...just look at that sink...and the view...and the light fixture...sigh.

I can't get enough of this era right now....it's so fun to have a new obsession.