Number 21 out of 40

Art Deco is a style of design, architecture and art that first appeared in Paris, France just before World War I.

The Chrysler building, the Empire State building and other skyscrapers in New York built during the 1920s and 1930s are testament to Art Deco style. But also general household objects, furniture, jewellery, crystal ware, theatres, cinemas as well as cars, trains and ships were strongly influenced by the Art Deco movement.

Famous representatives of the Art Deco style were René Lalique, Louis Cartier, Boucheron and Émile-Jacques Ruhlmann.

During the Great Depressionin the 1930’s, Art Deco became more subdued and new materials and finishes were introduced like chrome plated metal,stainless steeland plastic. Art Deco became one of the first truly international styles, but its dominance waned with the dawn of World War II.

It was in the mid 1920’s, when Art Deco had become the established design style, when Alfred Dunhill published the fifth edition of his comprehensive product catalogue About Smoke – An Encyclopedia of Smokingcontaining a variety of products, both pipes and accessories, designed in the prevalent Art Deco style.

This interesting limited edition is a 2-pipe set consisting of two Quaint(non-standard) pipes. One shape was recently re-discovered in the fifth edition of Alfred Dunhill’s catalogue About Smoke – An Encyclopedia of Smokingdating from around 1924. The second shape was discovered in our factory archive. We chose the second shape as it perfectly complements the first shape. Both shapes have not been manufactured for at least 30 years.

The shapes are extremely elegant, perfectly embody the style synonymous with the Art Decoperiod and seamlessly complement each other as a pair due to their similar shape of the bowl - the straight “KC” in group 3 and the equivalent “un-named” quarter-bent shape in group 4 (although we could find in the archive an internal bowl reference “941”, we could not locate a shape number).

Both pipes are fitted with stylish Sterling silver bands engraved with fine Art Deco patterns and the pipes are housed in a special two-pipe “dog-bone” Ventagecase.  

Ventagecases were invented by Alfred Dunhill in 1919 and a patent was granted in 1920. 

Its name derives from the combination of the words “Vintage” and “Ventilation”, as those cases are equipped with ventilation vents / channels running from the pipe bowl to the edge of the case to allow the pipes to continue to vent when put back into their closed case.

Each set is also accompanied by its numbered limited edition certificate.

This edition series is strictly limited to world-wide       - 25 setsin Amber Rootfinish

-40 setsin Bruyerefinish

-50 setsin Shell Briarfinish. 

The number “1” of each set/finish stays in the White Spot archive.

Pipe 1

Pipe Length : 143 mm

Bowl Height : 41 mm

Pipe Width : 40 mm

Chamber Width : 20 mm

Pipe 2

Pipe Length : 145 mm

Bowl Height : 34 mm

Pipe Width : 40 mm

Chamber Width : 20 mm