Artefacts

Paris 1924, cigarette case offered to the Uruguayan football team, Olympic Champion, by the Uruguayans living in Paris.

Physical description

Caption inside "VIIIa Olympiada, Los Uruguayos en Paris a los Campeones mundiales de foot-ball. José Vidal, Paris 1924".

Used

Used: José VIDAL (15.12.1896)

Materials

silver, gold

Colors

silver, gold

Dimension

8.8 x 7.3 x 0.8 cm, 98 g

Literature

Témoins d'une certaine image des Jeux / Evoking an Image of the Games. Lausanne : Musée Olympique, 2003. 148 p. ISBN 92-9160-074-1.

Type of item

Souvenirs -> case

Reference number

77310

Keywords

Olympic champion Paris 1924, Olympic Games Uruguay Football

Notes

The cigarette case, offered to the Uruguayan football team by the Uruguayans in Paris, speaks the language of Werkbund-derived Art Deco typical of the 1919-1920 era: geometric formalism, sobriety, a lack of figurative reminiscences. Its only decoration is the alternating gold and silver stripes.