“Necessaire,” according to Antique Jewelry University, is “a receptacle for items considered to be required for everyday life ... “necessaire” of the Art Deco period: lipstick cases ...

The term ‘Arts Decoratifs’ (later shortened to Art Deco in the 1960s) was coined after the Exposition Internationale des Arts Decoratifs et Industriel Modernes (International Exhibition of Modern and ...