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The other side is just a mirror! The Brooklyn Museum owns the complete set including a brush, nail file, nail trimmer, and cuticle trimmer. The other objects can be viewed in the Luce Open Storage gallery on the 5th floor.

Nail File, from 5-Piece Vanity Set

Decorative Arts and Design

On View: Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor

DESIGNER Edwin B. Langsdorf, American, 1902–1930

MAKER Pyramid Company

MEDIUM Plastic

DATES ca. 1928

DIMENSIONS 6 3/4 x 7/8 x 3/8 in. (17.1 x 2.2 x 1 cm)

MARKINGS stamped below mirror: pyramid logo design "PYRAMID / PATENT PENDING".

SIGNATURE no signature

INSCRIPTIONS no inscriptions

COLLECTIONS Decorative Arts and Design

ACCESSION NUMBER 88.110.3

CREDIT LINE Gift of Daniel Morris and Denis Gallion

MUSEUM LOCATION This item is on view in Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor

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Nail File, from 5-Piece Vanity Set

Decorative Arts and Design

On View: Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor

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