Lid, box
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- OBJECT TYPE
- sleeve
- DATE
- 1995
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1995.0610.008
- MANUFACTURER
- Braun
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- France
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 8
- Total Parts
- 10
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Cardboard box sleeve
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 23.2 cm
- Width
- 11.8 cm
- Height
- 5.3 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Domestic Technology
- Category
- Toilet article
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Braun
- Country
- France
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Never used
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
A box sleeve used to close a product box and provide identification and promotional information to consumers. - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- Printed on the proper top: "BRAUN/ Silk-épil/ cosmetic"/ Printed on the label applied to the proper top: "Facial Hair Remover/ - Multi-tweezer action provides/ comfortable and effective removal of/ unsightly facial hair./ Épilateur facial/ - L'action <<multipinces>> permet/ d'éliminer end douceur et efficacement/ les poils disgracieux du visage."/ The sides of the box have printed: "BRAUN/ Silk-épil/ cosmetic" as well as diagrams with text in five languages. The French and English text reads: "Les disques rotatifs.../ agissent comme les pinces à épiler.../ et arrachent les poils à la racine./ Rotating discs open.../ and close to act like tweezers.../ removing facial hairs at the root."/ "Pression ajustable des pinces pour épiler efficacement même les poils les plus délicats./ Adjustable tweezer grip to efficiently remove even the most delicate facial hairs."/ Printed on the proper back: "Epilateur visage:/ Le système multidisc arrache tous les/ poils à la racine, même les plus courts,/ de manière simple et efficace./ Le résultat: une peau belle et douce/ pendant des semaines./ Inclus:/ Crème Silk-épil post épilatoire pour/ rafraîchir et adoucir la peau. Set de/ nettoyage de la tête d'épilation pour/ une hygiène assurée./ Facial epilator:/ Multidisc tweezer action removes/ even very short hair, simply and/ effectively at the root./ The result: beautiful smoth skin for/ weeks./ Includes:/ Silk épil post epilation cream for/ smoothing and refreshing the skin./ Cleaning set for the epilation head/ to ensure maximum hygiene."/ Text is repeated in other languages.
- Missing
- Appears complete
- Finish
- Peach to cream-coloured gradient background on the proper top showing a photograph of a model holding a white epilator, a larger view of the epilator along, and grey and silver-coloured markings. The sides and bottom have a cream-coloured background with grey text and peach, cream, blue and brown diagrams.
- Decoration
- N/A
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Braun, Lid, box, circa 1995, Artifact no. 1995.0610, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1995.0610.008/
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