DESCRIPTION: (2 Pc) A Pair of Elsa Schiaparelli "Sleeping" perfume bottles. "Sleeping," one of many perfumes Schiaparelli designed, debuted for her summer 1940 collection. The perfume bottle mirrors the candle form with conical snuffer depicted in the harlequin's head in Ray's painting "Le Beaux Temps". Billed as a night perfume, it was meant to be spritzed the moment before falling into bed, and the scent was supposed to illuminate the subconscious and "light the way to ecstasy," according to an ad illustrated by Marcel Vertes. The turquoise blue on the packaging was also a new color for the summer 1940 collection, called Sleeping blue.

CIRCA: 20th Century
ORIGIN: France.
DIMENSIONS: H: 8 1/2" W: 5 1/4"; and H: 6" W: 2 7/8".

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