Bottle of custom made “Lena” perfume gift with drawstring bag and card
date: label: Date
content: after 1950
name: label: Created by
content: Unidentified
label: Manufactured by
content: Saint-Gobain Desjonquères, French, founded 1665
label: Distributed by
content: Avant New York, American
label: Subject of
content: Lena Horne, American, 1917 - 2010
notes: label: Description
content: A2011.1.1.1abc: A bottle of custom made “Lena” perfume gift with drawstring bag and gift card
label: Description
content: A2011.1.1.1a: A 1.7oz bottle of “Lena” perfume. It is molded, clear glass with a silver metal cap. The bottle is trapezoidal in shape with a wider shoulder than base. The cap is tubular shaped and there is a band of clear residue at the bottom where it sits on the bottle's shoulder. Adhered to the front is a black label, rectangular in shape with rounded edges. Silver, art deco style text printed vertically down the center of the label reads [L / E / N / A]. A molded mark on the bottom of the bottle reads [C]. The bottle is mostly full of an amber colored perfume.
label: Description
content: A2011.1.1.1b: A drawstring bag for a bottle of “Lena” perfume (A2011.1.1.1a:). The bag is constructed from two pieces of plain, black velvet and has a black drawstring at the top.
label: Description
content: A2011.1.1.1a: A gift card for a bottle of “Lena” perfume (A2011.1.1.1a:). The small white card features the name of the perfume, [LENA], printed in gray text at the top center inside a thin, black, rectangular frame. Printed, centered, black text below reads [Perfume / 1.7 oz. 50ml / Ingredients / SDA 39C, Water, / Fragrance / Gift / Not for Resale / Distributed by / Avant New York, / NYC, NY 10016]. The back of the card is blank.
place: label: Place used
content: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
label: Place made
content: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Actors
label: Topic
content: Beauty culture
label: Topic
content: Cosmetics
label: Topic
content: Dance
label: Topic
content: Entertainers
label: Topic
content: Film
label: Topic
content: Jazz (Music)
label: Topic
content: Singers (Musicians)
label: Topic
content: Women
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Accessories and Personal Effects
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Edouard E. Plummer
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: A2011.1.1.1abc
objectType: label: Type
content: perfume bottles
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No known copyright restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: A2011.1.1.1a: glass and metal with perfume
label: Medium
content: A2011.1.1.1b: velvet with cord (fiber product)
label: Medium
content: A2011.1.1.1c: ink on paper (fiber product)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (A2011.1.1.1a): 4 1/2 × 2 3/8 × 1 3/8 in. (11.5 × 6 × 3.5 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (A2011.1.1.1b): 7 3/16 × 4 15/16 × 9/16 in. (18.3 × 12.5 × 1.5 cm)