コンパクトが登場したアールヌーボーの時代。
ファッションが変化し、女性が外出する機会が増え、化粧の文化が定着し始めました。コンパクト誕生の初期は人前での化粧直しがタブーだったため、小さく目立たない大きさや隠れたデザイン（ネックレスやステッキなど）が多く作られました。
やわらかなフォルムが特徴です。

Vanity compacts first appeared in the Art Nouveau era.
As fashion changed, and opportunities for women to go out increased, a cosmetics culture became established. In the early days of compacts, fixing (or reapplying) makeup in public was considered a social faux pas, so many small atypical sizes and hidden designs (such as inside necklaces and canes) were created for compacts.
They are all characterized by their soft contours.