Smoking set

Inventory numbers:      KB-425(1-4) and KB-426/1-3

Material:      tobacco, paper, amber, metal, leather, wood, textile

Dimensions:      KB-425 (length 6.5 cm); KB-426/1 (7.5 x 1.6 cm); KB-426/2 (7.8 x 1.6 cm); KB-426/3 (10.5 x 1.2 cm)

Dating:      late 19th c. - early 20th c.

Origin:      France

 

In the Collection of Furniture and Household Objects at the Bukovac House, there are three cigarette cases with their corresponding containers and four rolled cigarettes.

VVlaho Bukovac was a passionate smoker, as confirmed by numerous photographs and paintings showing him holding or smoking a cigarette (KB-754, KB-972, KB-1076). According to the set preserved in the Bukovac House, we know that he used amber cigarette cases, and the rolling paper for cigarettes was of the ABADIE brand.

The company, named after its founder, Michel Abadie, was established in Paris in 1783 and was exclusively engaged in the production of cigarette paper until 1923.