Cigarette holder
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A cigarette holder is a fashion accessory, a slender tube in which a cigarette is held for smoking. Most frequently made of silver, jade or bakelite, cigarette holders were considered an essential par
Actress with cigarette holder, 1936
In Where There's Smoke There's Fire (1920s), Russell Patterson depicts a flapper whose cigarette holder is not only a fashion accessory, but an important element of the interplay of line in the drawing.
Audrey Hepburn holding an oversized cigarette holder in Breakfast at Tiffany's
Man, with cigarette holder in mouth, playing cards, 1930
Smoking jacket
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A smoking jacket is an informal men's style of lounge jacket originally intended for tobacco smoking. Designed in the 1850s, a traditional smoking jacket has a shawl collar, turn-up cuffs, and is clos
Cigarette holder
…a practical accessory with several purposes. The chief use was to prevent ash from falling onto a woman's clothes, especially since women did not wear smoking jackets. This is also why longer holders were for more formal occasions, which often had more elaborate dress codes. Holders also prevented nicotine from…
A smoking jacket in burgundy with the typical shawl collar, frog fastening and turn-up cuffs. From the 1944 film Gaslight.
James FitzGerald (1818–1896) wearing a smoking jacket in 1868.
A smoking jacket from the 1860s exhibited at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, United States.
A silk smoking suit with shawl collar and gold facings from 1912.