Object Details
maker
Mary Chess Company
Description
An inscription on the bottom of this perfume bottle reads in part “MARY CHESS . NEW YORK / WHITE LILAC / . . . / NEW YORK.” Mary Chess (1878-1964) was born in Louisville, Ky.; moved to London with her husband; and established the Mary Chess perfume company in New York in 1932. “I owe it all to Fanny, my cook,” she told a reporter in 1948.
Ref: “She Started $1,000,000 in Kitchen,” Boston Globe (May 30, 1948), p. A3.
“Mrs. Avery Robinson,” New York Times (Jan. 12, 1964), p. 92.
Location
Currently not on view
date made
1940s-1950s
ID Number
2013.0077.10
catalog number
2013.0077.10
accession number
2013.0077
Object Name
fragrance, sample
Physical Description
glass (container material)
perfume (product material)
Measurements
overall: 6 cm x 2.5 cm; 2 3/8 in x 31/32 in
place made
United States: New York, New York City
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Data Source
National Museum of American History
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmah_1465826