Sterne's Deodorizing Toilet Soap, 1900-1915
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The Art Nouveau style reached its peak of popularity in 1900, but American manufacturers used echoes of it in products and product packaging into the 1910s. The Art Nouveau design of the label for this everyday product -- a bar of soap -- would have appealed to many middle-class consumers.
The Art Nouveau style reached its peak of popularity in 1900, but American manufacturers used echoes of it in products and product packaging into the 1910s. The Art Nouveau design of the label for this everyday product -- a bar of soap -- would have appealed to many middle-class consumers.
Artifact
Packaging
Date Made
1900-1915
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
93.0.25.58
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Color
Light blue
Dark blue
Orange (Color)
White (Color)
Dimensions
Height: 1.938 in
Width: 3.031 in
Length: 1 in
Inscriptions
on top: Sterne's DE-O-DOR / DEODORIZING / TOILET SOAP on front: A STRICTLY NEUTRAL SOUP / PRODUCT OF / THE CINCINNATI SOAP CO., CINCINNATI, U.S.A. on back: BLAND MILD EMOLLIENT. / ABSOLUTELY PURE CONTAINING HIGHEST GRADE MEDICINAL INGREDIENTS on bottom: JABON DE TOCADOR / PARA QUITAR EL OLOR DEL SUDOR / DE-O-DOR / REFRESCANTE-FRAGANTE / Sterne's
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