Boudoir

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Artist/Maker	Vivienne Westwood (manufacturer)
Place of origin	London (designed)

Pink plastic bottle with gold plastic lid and gold and silver text printed on bottle. Housed in a light and dark pink grained cardboard box, the dark pink simulates silk velvet. The figure of a small bacchanalian child satyr appears on the bottom of the box, raising its arms.

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Categories	Prints Labels & Packaging
Object type	Cosmetic packaging
Parts	This object consists of 3 parts. Print Print Print
Title	Boudoir (manufacturer's title)
Materials and techniques	Printed cardboard
Brief description	Plastic bottle for Vivienne Westwood Boudoir Velvet Body Veil
Physical description	Pink plastic bottle with gold plastic lid and gold and silver text printed on bottle. Housed in a light and dark pink grained cardboard box, the dark pink simulates silk velvet. The figure of a small bacchanalian child satyr appears on the bottom of the box, raising its arms.
Dimensions	Box width: 6cm Box length: 15.5cm Box depth: 4.8cm Bottle length: 15cm Bottle width: 5.5cm Bottle depth: 4cm
Marks and inscriptions	Delicate and sensual, this light moisturising lotion wraps the body in a luxurious velvet veil, leaving skin pampered and gently perfumed. (Text on back of box) Vivienne Westwood Boudoir Coquetteries Velvet Body Veil Lotion Velours Pour Le Corps (Front of box)
Credit line	Given by Lancaster Group
Object history	Packaging for the body lotion of the Westwood scent: Boudoir, launched in 1998.Vivienne Westwood's first fragrance launched in 1998. The scent combines notes of vibernum, bergamot, mandarin and was designed to evoke the feminine fragrance of red English roses and 'garden evening scents of tobacco flowers and heliotrope' (according to official Westwood website).
Subject depicted	Satyr
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.50:1 to 3-2002

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Record created	March 26, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O209652/boudoir-cosmetic-packaging-vivienne-westwood/

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